Whole-Genome Sequencing Confirms the Coexistence of Different Colonizing Group B Streptococcus Isolates Underscored by CRISPR Typing

Clémence Beauruelle; Maxime Branger; Thierry Cochard; Adeline Pastuszka; Franck Biet; Philippe Lanotte

doi:10.1128/MRA.01359-19

Whole-Genome Sequencing Confirms the Coexistence of Different Colonizing Group B Streptococcus Isolates Underscored by CRISPR Typing

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2020 Jan 30;9(5):e01359-19. doi: 10.1128/MRA.01359-19.

Authors

Clémence Beauruelle^#^{1

2

3}, Maxime Branger^#², Thierry Cochard², Adeline Pastuszka^{1

2

3}, Franck Biet², Philippe Lanotte^{4

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Université de Tours, INRAE, ISP, Tours, France.
² INRAE, Université de Tours, ISP, Nouzilly, France.
³ CHRU de Tours, Service de Bactériologie-Virologie, Tours, France.
⁴ Université de Tours, INRAE, ISP, Tours, France philippe.lanotte@univ-tours.fr.

^# Contributed equally.

Abstract

Streptococcus agalactiae is a major pathogen and is the leading cause of neonatal infections in industrialized countries. The diversity of strains isolated from two pregnant women was investigated. Here, we present the draft genome sequences of strains W8A2, W8A6, W10E2, and W10F3, obtained in order to ascertain their phylogenetic affiliation.