Complete Genome Sequence of Streptococcus pyogenes emm14 JS95, a Necrotizing Fasciitis Strain Isolated in Israel

Jacqueline L Y Chee; Miriam Ravins; Emanuel Hanski; Swaine L Chen

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00025-17

Complete Genome Sequence of Streptococcus pyogenes emm14 JS95, a Necrotizing Fasciitis Strain Isolated in Israel

Genome Announc. 2017 Mar 16;5(11):e00025-17. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00025-17.

Authors

Jacqueline L Y Chee¹, Miriam Ravins², Emanuel Hanski^{2

3}, Swaine L Chen^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Genome Institute of Singapore, Singapore.
² Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.
³ Singapore-HUJ Alliance for Research and Enterprise, Singapore.
⁴ Genome Institute of Singapore, Singapore slchen@gis.a-star.edu.sg.
⁵ National University of Singapore, Singapore.

Abstract

Here, we report the complete genome sequence of the Streptococcus pyogenes emm14 strain JS95, isolated from a patient with necrotizing fasciitis. The streptococcal invasion locus (sil), the first quorum-sensing system characterized in S. pyogenes, was identified in this strain.