Complete Genome Sequence of the Original Escherichia coli Isolate, Strain NCTC86

Varnica Khetrapal; Kurosh S Mehershahi; Swaine L Chen

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00243-17

Complete Genome Sequence of the Original Escherichia coli Isolate, Strain NCTC86

Genome Announc. 2017 Apr 20;5(16):e00243-17. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00243-17.

Authors

Varnica Khetrapal¹, Kurosh S Mehershahi¹, Swaine L Chen^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ National University of Singapore, Singapore.
² National University of Singapore, Singapore [email protected].
³ Genome Institute of Singapore, Singapore.

Abstract

Escherichia coli is the most well-studied bacterium and a common colonizer of the lower mammalian gastrointestinal tract. We report here the complete genome sequence of the original Escherichia coli isolate, strain NCTC86, which was described by Theodor Escherich, for whom the genus is named.