Complete Genome Sequences of Two Distinct Strains of Serratia marcescens Isolated from Contaminated Platelet Concentrates from Canadian Donors

Alexander Diamandas; Roel Mikhail Razon; Ellen Sykes; Ayush Kumar; Sandra Ramirez-Arcos; Ann Karen C Brassinga

doi:10.1128/MRA.00829-20

Complete Genome Sequences of Two Distinct Strains of Serratia marcescens Isolated from Contaminated Platelet Concentrates from Canadian Donors

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2020 Oct 8;9(41):e00829-20. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00829-20.

Authors

Alexander Diamandas¹, Roel Mikhail Razon¹, Ellen Sykes¹, Ayush Kumar¹, Sandra Ramirez-Arcos^{2

3}, Ann Karen C Brassinga⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
² Canadian Blood Services, Ottawa, Canada.
³ Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.
⁴ Department of Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada Ann.Brassinga@umanitoba.ca.

Abstract

In this report, we present the genome sequences of two Serratia marcescens strains isolated as contaminants from platelet concentrates by Canadian Blood Services and designated CBS2010/11 (CBS11) and CBS2010/12 (CBS12). Genomic sequence analyses showed that CBS11 has one chromosome and one plasmid (pAM01), whereas CBS12 has no plasmids.