Genome Sequences of Escherichia coli Strains That Cause Persistent and Transient Mastitis

Tyler C Thacker; John D Lippolis; Brian W Brunelle; Thomas A Casey; Timothy A Reinhardt; Randy E Sacco; Devin B Holman

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00775-17

Genome Sequences of Escherichia coli Strains That Cause Persistent and Transient Mastitis

Genome Announc. 2017 Aug 24;5(34):e00775-17. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00775-17.

Authors

Tyler C Thacker¹, John D Lippolis², Brian W Brunelle³, Thomas A Casey³, Timothy A Reinhardt⁴, Randy E Sacco⁴, Devin B Holman³

Affiliations

¹ Infectious Bacterial Diseases of Livestock Research Unit, National Animal Disease Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Ames, Iowa, USA.
² Ruminant Diseases and Immunology Research Unit, National Animal Disease Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Ames, Iowa, USA [email protected].
³ Food Safety and Enteric Pathogens Research Unit, National Animal Disease Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Ames, Iowa, USA.
⁴ Ruminant Diseases and Immunology Research Unit, National Animal Disease Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Ames, Iowa, USA.

Abstract

We report here the genome sequences of two strains of Escherichia coli (ECA-B and ECC-M) that cause bovine mastitis. These strains are known to be associated with persistent and transient mastitis; strain ECA-B causes a transient infection, and ECC-M leads to a persistent infection.