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. 2025 Feb 11;14(2):e0096124.
doi: 10.1128/mra.00961-24. Epub 2025 Jan 10.

Complete genome sequence of Staphylococcus epidermidis B273 and its epidermicin NI01 biosynthesis plasmid

Keir Nicholas-Haizelden  1 , Charlotte E Chong  2 , Norah Alqahtani  1   3 , Samah E Alsaadi  1   4 , Malcolm J Horsburgh  1
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Complete genome sequence of Staphylococcus epidermidis B273 and its epidermicin NI01 biosynthesis plasmid

Keir Nicholas-Haizelden et al. Microbiol Resour Announc. .

Abstract

The human skin commensal Staphylococcus epidermidis produces diverse, therapeutically relevant bacteriocins. We report the complete whole-genome sequence of the nasal isolate S. epidermidis B273, which contains a plasmid with the biosynthetic gene cluster for epidermicin NI01, a broad-spectrum type II antimicrobial peptide.

Keywords: Staphylococcus; bacteriocins; epidermidis.

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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