Stenotrophomonas is a bacterial genus that can be found in various environments, such as water, soil, and clinical samples. Due to their high genetic and phenotypic diversity, it is difficult to properly identify and classify all isolates. The COVID-19 pandemic caused an increase in nosocomial infections, which played a major role in the high mortality rate among patients in intensive care. This is the first report of the identification of S. geniculata as a nosocomial opportunistic pathogen isolated from a patient with COVID-19. Their genome was isolated, sequenced, and assembled, and it consists of 4,488,090 bp in 24 contigs, 4,103 coding sequences, and a G+C content of 66.58%.
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