Draft genome sequences of three emerging beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli in the camel production system in Northern Kenya

Rachael Gachogo; Irene Karegi; Brian Ogoti; Victor Musyoki; Dino Martins; Frank Onyambu; Joseph Kamau

doi:10.12688/f1000research.127990.2

Draft genome sequences of three emerging beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli in the camel production system in Northern Kenya

F1000Res. 2023 May 16:11:1413. doi: 10.12688/f1000research.127990.2. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Rachael Gachogo^{1

2}, Irene Karegi^{3

4}, Brian Ogoti⁵, Victor Musyoki⁶, Dino Martins⁷, Frank Onyambu^{1

8}, Joseph Kamau³

Affiliations

¹ Center for Molecular Biosciences and Genomics, Nairobi, Kenya.
² Division of immunology, Department of Human Pathology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
³ One Health Center, Institute of Primate Research, Nairobi, Kenya.
⁴ Department of Biochemistry, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Juja, Kenya.
⁵ Center for Microbiology, Washington State University, Nairobi, Kenya.
⁶ Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya.
⁷ Mpala Research Center, Nanyuki, Kenya.
⁸ Meru University of Science and Technology, Meru, Kenya.

Abstract

We report the draft genome sequences and annotation of three beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli ( E.coli) strains isolated from fecal samples of healthy camels in Laikipia county, Kenya. This data adds to the online genome resources to support the ongoing antimicrobial resistance surveillance in the livestock-wildlife interface.

Keywords: AMR; E.coli; beta-lactamase; camel; genome; whole genome sequencing.

MeSH terms

Animals
Animals, Wild*
Camelus*
Escherichia coli / genetics
Kenya
beta-Lactamases / genetics

Substances

beta-Lactamases

Grants and funding

The author(s) declared that no grants were involved in supporting this work.