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. 2013 Dec 5;1(6):e00988-13.
doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00988-13.

Complete Genome Sequence of the Epidemic and Highly Virulent CTX-M-15-Producing H30-Rx Subclone of Escherichia coli ST131

Paal S Andersen  1 , Marc Stegger, Maliha Aziz, Tania Contente-Cuomo, Henry S Gibbons, Paul Keim, Evgeni V Sokurenko, James R Johnson, Lance B Price
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Complete Genome Sequence of the Epidemic and Highly Virulent CTX-M-15-Producing H30-Rx Subclone of Escherichia coli ST131

Paal S Andersen et al. Genome Announc. .

Abstract

We report the complete genome sequence, including five complete plasmid sequences, of Escherichia coli ST131 isolate JJ1886. The isolate was obtained in 2007 in the United States from a patient with fatal urosepsis and belongs to the virulent, CTX-M-15-producing H30-Rx sublineage.

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