Draft Genome Sequence of an Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Strain Carrying Genes for Colonization Surface Antigen 13 and a Heat-Labile Toxin

Samuel M Njoroge; Laure F Madé; Astrid von Mentzer; Benard W Kulohoma; Timothy K Kamanu; Tom T Ouko; John Kiiru; Melissa J Ward; Nicholas R Thomson; Eric M Fèvre; Mark Woolhouse; Samuel Kariuki

doi:10.1128/mra.00416-22

Draft Genome Sequence of an Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Strain Carrying Genes for Colonization Surface Antigen 13 and a Heat-Labile Toxin

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2022 Oct 20;11(10):e0041622. doi: 10.1128/mra.00416-22. Epub 2022 Sep 12.

Authors

Samuel M Njoroge^#^{1

2

3}, Laure F Madé^#⁴, Astrid von Mentzer^#^{5

6}, Benard W Kulohoma^#¹, Timothy K Kamanu^#⁷, Tom T Ouko^#³, John Kiiru^#^{3

8}, Melissa J Ward^#^{9

10}, Nicholas R Thomson^#⁶, Eric M Fèvre^#^{2

4}, Mark Woolhouse^#^{10

11}, Samuel Kariuki^#¹²

Affiliations

¹ University of Nairobi, Department of Biochemistry, Nairobi, Kenya.
² International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya.
³ Centre for Microbiology Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya.
⁴ Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
⁵ Chalmers University of Technology, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Gothenburg, Sweden.
⁶ Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, United Kingdom.
⁷ University of Nairobi, School of Mathematics, College of Biological and Physical Sciences, Nairobi, Kenya.
⁸ Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation, National Public Health Laboratory Services, Nairobi, Kenya.
⁹ Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom.
¹⁰ Centre for Immunity, Infection, and Evolution, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom.
¹¹ Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom.
¹² Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya.

^# Contributed equally.

Abstract

Here, we report the draft genome of ESEI_597, an enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) strain harboring genes encoding colonization surface antigen 13 (CS13) and a heat-labile toxin. The ESEI_597 strain was isolated from an 8-month-old child living in Korogocho, Kenya, in 2013.

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