Genome Sequence of Escherichia coli Isolated from an Adult in Kibera, an Urban Informal Settlement in Nairobi, Kenya

Gilbert K Kikwai; Bonventure Juma; Fredrick Nindo; Caroline Ochieng; Newton Wamola; Kevin Mbogo; Douglas R Call; Elizabeth Hunsperger

doi:10.1128/mra.01241-21

Genome Sequence of Escherichia coli Isolated from an Adult in Kibera, an Urban Informal Settlement in Nairobi, Kenya

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2022 Apr 21;11(4):e0124121. doi: 10.1128/mra.01241-21. Epub 2022 Mar 28.

Authors

Gilbert K Kikwai¹, Bonventure Juma², Fredrick Nindo^{3

4}, Caroline Ochieng¹, Newton Wamola¹, Kevin Mbogo⁵, Douglas R Call⁶, Elizabeth Hunsperger²

Affiliations

¹ Diagnostic and Laboratory System Programme, Center for Global Health Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya.
² Division of Global Health Protection, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya.
³ Bioinformatics and Informatics Platform, Institute of Research on Cancer and Aging, Medical School, University of Cote d'Azur, Nice, France.
⁴ Division of Medical Microbiology, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
⁵ Biochemistry Department, College of Health Sciences, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya.
⁶ Paul G. Allen School for Global Health, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USA.

Abstract

An Escherichia coli strain (sequence type 636) was isolated from an adult residing in an urban informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya, and was sequenced using the Illumina MiSeq platform. The draft genome was 5,075,726 bp, with a Col(BS512) plasmid plus aph(6)-Id, bla_TEM-1B, and dfrA7 genes, which encode kanamycin, ampicillin, and trimethoprim resistance proteins, respectively.