Draft Genome Sequences of Isolates of Diverse Host Origin from the E. coli Reference Center at Penn State University

David W Lacher; Mark K Mammel; Jayanthi Gangiredla; Solomon T Gebru; Tammy J Barnaba; Sydney A Majowicz; Edward G Dudley

doi:10.1128/MRA.01005-20

Draft Genome Sequences of Isolates of Diverse Host Origin from the E. coli Reference Center at Penn State University

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2020 Sep 24;9(39):e01005-20. doi: 10.1128/MRA.01005-20.

Authors

David W Lacher¹, Mark K Mammel², Jayanthi Gangiredla², Solomon T Gebru², Tammy J Barnaba², Sydney A Majowicz³, Edward G Dudley^{3

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Affiliations

¹ Division of Molecular Biology, Office of Applied Research and Safety Assessment, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Laurel, Maryland, USA david.lacher@fda.hhs.gov.
² Division of Molecular Biology, Office of Applied Research and Safety Assessment, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Laurel, Maryland, USA.
³ Department of Food Science, Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA.
⁴ E. coli Reference Center, Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA.

Abstract

Escherichia coli strains present a vast genomic diversity. We report the draft genome sequences of 1,000 isolates from the E. coli Reference Center at Penn State University. These strains were originally isolated from multiple animal and environmental sources over the past 50 years.

Grants and funding

U18 FD006775/FD/FDA HHS/United States