The Whole-Genome Sequence of Plasmid-Bearing Staphylococcus argenteus Strain B3-25B from Retail Beef Liver Encodes the Type VII Secretion System and Several Virulence Factors

Leena Neyaz; Anand B Karki; Mohamed K Fakhr

doi:10.1128/MRA.00962-19

The Whole-Genome Sequence of Plasmid-Bearing Staphylococcus argenteus Strain B3-25B from Retail Beef Liver Encodes the Type VII Secretion System and Several Virulence Factors

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2019 Nov 7;8(45):e00962-19. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00962-19.

Authors

Leena Neyaz¹, Anand B Karki¹, Mohamed K Fakhr²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biological Science, The University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA.
² Department of Biological Science, The University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA mohamed-fakhr@utulsa.edu.

Abstract

The whole-genome sequence of Staphylococcus argenteus strain B3-25B, isolated from retail beef liver, comprises a circular chromosome (2,676,222 bp) and a single plasmid (21,570 bp). The chromosome harbors genes encoding the type VII secretion system and several virulence factors.