Draft Genome Sequences of Four Citrobacter Isolates Recovered from Wild Australian Shorebirds

Hannah G P Smith; David C Bean; William Pitchers; Mary Valcanis; Rohan H Clarke; Richard Loyn; Chris J Hassell; Andrew R Greenhill

doi:10.1128/MRA.01113-20

Draft Genome Sequences of Four Citrobacter Isolates Recovered from Wild Australian Shorebirds

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2021 Jan 7;10(1):e01113-20. doi: 10.1128/MRA.01113-20.

Authors

Hannah G P Smith^#¹, David C Bean^#¹, William Pitchers^#², Mary Valcanis^#², Rohan H Clarke^#³, Richard Loyn^#^{4

5}, Chris J Hassell^#⁶, Andrew R Greenhill^#⁷

Affiliations

¹ School of Science, Psychology and Sport, Federation University Australia, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.
² Microbiological Diagnostic Unit Public Health Laboratory, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne at The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, Australia.
³ School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁴ Centre for Freshwater Ecosystems, School of Life Sciences, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁵ Eco Insights, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁶ Global Flyway Network, Broome, Western Australia, Australia.
⁷ School of Science, Psychology and Sport, Federation University Australia, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia andrew.greenhill@federation.edu.au.

^# Contributed equally.

Abstract

Citrobacter is a ubiquitous bacterial genus whose members inhabit a variety of niches. Some species are clinically important for both antimicrobial resistance (AMR) carriage and as the cause of nosocomial infections. Surveillance of Citrobacter species in the environment can provide indicators of the spread of AMR genes outside clinical spaces. In this study, we present draft genome sequences of four Citrobacter isolates obtained from three species of wild Australian shorebirds.