Complete Genome Sequence of a Vancomycin-Resistant Sequence Type 203 Enterococcus faecium Strain with vanA Belonging to Complex Type 859

Authors :: Kuan Yao
Leif P. Andersen
Henrik Hasman
Marc W. Allard
Maria Hoffmann
Maria Sanchez
Anette M. Hammerum
Source :: Microbiology Resource Announcements. 7
Publication Year :: 2018
Publisher :: American Society for Microbiology, 2018.
Abstract: In 2014, the first vancomycin-resistant (encoded by vanA ) Enterococcus faecium isolate belonging to sequence type 203 (ST203) and complex type 859 (CT859) was detected in Denmark. In 2016, 64% of the Danish clinical vanA E. faecium isolates belonged to ST203 and CT859.

Subjects :: Genetics
Whole genome sequencing
biology
Strain (biology)
Complex type
biology.organism_classification
Genome
Immunology and Microbiology (miscellaneous)
Vancomycin resistant
Pacific biosciences
Molecular Biology
Sequence (medicine)
Enterococcus faecium

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