Complete Draft Genome Sequence of an Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase-Producing Citrobacter freundii Strain Recovered from the Intestine of a House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) in Germany, 2017

Valerie Osieka; Mirjam Grobbel; Silvia Schmoger; Claudia A Szentiks; Alexandra Irrgang; Annemarie Käsbohrer; Bernd-Alois Tenhagen; Jens A Hammerl

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00599-18

Complete Draft Genome Sequence of an Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase-Producing Citrobacter freundii Strain Recovered from the Intestine of a House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) in Germany, 2017

Genome Announc. 2018 Jun 28;6(26):e00599-18. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00599-18.

Authors

Valerie Osieka¹, Mirjam Grobbel¹, Silvia Schmoger¹, Claudia A Szentiks², Alexandra Irrgang¹, Annemarie Käsbohrer^{1

3}, Bernd-Alois Tenhagen¹, Jens A Hammerl⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biological Safety, German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Berlin, Germany.
² Department of Wildlife Diseases, Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW), Berlin, Germany.
³ Institute for Veterinary Public Health, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria.
⁴ Department of Biological Safety, German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Berlin, Germany jens-andre.hammerl@bfr.bund.de.

Abstract

Here, we announce the genome of an extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Citrobacter freundii strain isolated from the cecum of a house sparrow that was found dead in Berlin-Lichtenberg, Germany, in 2017. This isolate exhibits increased MICs for several antimicrobials and a comprehensive set of acquired resistance determinants potentially involved in horizontal gene transfer.