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. 2023 Nov 16;12(11):e0004623.
doi: 10.1128/MRA.00046-23. Epub 2023 Oct 31.

Hybrid genome assemblies of four Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli strains containing a complete locus of enterocyte effacement and an O-Island 122

Siobhán C McCarthy  1   2 , Guerrino Macori  1   3 , Catherine M Burgess  2 , Geraldine Duffy  2 , Séamus Fanning  1
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Hybrid genome assemblies of four Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli strains containing a complete locus of enterocyte effacement and an O-Island 122

Siobhán C McCarthy et al. Microbiol Resour Announc. .

Abstract

This study describes the hybrid genome assemblies of four Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli strains isolated from the recto-anal junction of slaughter-age Irish sheep. In silico serotyping and genome analysis determined that each of the strains harbored a Shiga-toxin subtype, a complete locus of enterocyte effacement, and a rare O-island 122.

Keywords: foodborne disease; next generation sequencing; pathogenicity islands; shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli.

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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