Draft Genome Sequence of an Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Strain Carrying Genes for Colonization Surface Antigen 13 and a Heat-Labile Toxin.

Njoroge SM, Madé LF, von Mentzer A, Kulohoma BW, Kamanu TK, Ouko TT, Kiiru J, Ward MJ, Thomson NR, Fèvre EM, Woolhouse M, Kariuki S

Microbiol Resour Announc 11 (10) e0041622 [2022-10-20; online 2022-09-12]

Here, we report the draft genome of ESEI_597, an enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) strain harboring genes encoding colonization surface antigen 13 (CS13) and a heat-labile toxin. The ESEI_597 strain was isolated from an 8-month-old child living in Korogocho, Kenya, in 2013.

Astrid von Mentzer

DDLS Fellow

PubMed 36094211

DOI 10.1128/mra.00416-22

Crossref 10.1128/mra.00416-22

pmc: PMC9583797


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