Complete Genome Sequences of Escherichia coli O157:H7 Strains SRCC 1675 and 28RC, Which Vary in Acid Resistance

Gian Marco Baranzoni; Pina M Fratamico; Erin R Reichenberger; Gwang-Hee Kim; Frederick Breidt; Kathryn Kay; Deog-Hwan Oh

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00743-16

Complete Genome Sequences of Escherichia coli O157:H7 Strains SRCC 1675 and 28RC, Which Vary in Acid Resistance

Genome Announc. 2016 Jul 28;4(4):e00743-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00743-16.

Authors

Gian Marco Baranzoni¹, Pina M Fratamico², Erin R Reichenberger¹, Gwang-Hee Kim¹, Frederick Breidt³, Kathryn Kay⁴, Deog-Hwan Oh⁵

Affiliations

¹ U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Eastern Regional Research Center, Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania, USA.
² U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Eastern Regional Research Center, Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania, USA pina.fratamico@ars.usda.gov.
³ USDA-Agriculture Research Service, SAA Food Science Research Unit, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.
⁴ Department of Microbiology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.
⁵ Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea.

Abstract

The level of acid resistance among Escherichia coli O157:H7 strains varies, and strains with higher resistance to acid may have a lower infectious dose. The complete genome sequences belonging to two strains of Escherichia coli O157:H7 with different levels of acid resistance are presented here.

Grants and funding

This research was supported in part by an appointment to the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Research Participation Program, which is administered by the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) through an interagency agreement between the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the USDA. ORISE is managed by ORAU under DOE contract number DE-AC05-06OR23100.