Draft Genome Sequence of Environmental Vibrio cholerae 2012EL-1759 with Similarities to the V. cholerae O1 Classical Biotype

Lee S Katz; Maryann Turnsek; Amy Kahler; Vincent R Hill; E Fidelma Boyd; Cheryl L Tarr

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00617-14

Draft Genome Sequence of Environmental Vibrio cholerae 2012EL-1759 with Similarities to the V. cholerae O1 Classical Biotype

Genome Announc. 2014 Jul 10;2(4):e00617-14. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00617-14.

Authors

Lee S Katz¹, Maryann Turnsek¹, Amy Kahler¹, Vincent R Hill¹, E Fidelma Boyd², Cheryl L Tarr³

Affiliations

¹ Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
² Department of Biological Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, USA.
³ Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA [email protected].

Abstract

Vibrio cholerae 2012EL-1759 is an environmental isolate from Haiti that was recovered in 2012 during a cholera outbreak. The genomic backbone is similar to that of the prototypical V. cholerae O1 classical biotype strain O395, and it carries the Vibrio pathogenicity islands (VPI-1 and VPI-2) and a cholera toxin (CTX) prephage.