Two draft genome assemblies of Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from a cheek swab of a healthy female participant

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2024 Sep 10;13(9):e0048824. doi: 10.1128/mra.00488-24. Epub 2024 Aug 20.

Abstract

Staphylococcus aureus is an opportunistic pathogen often commensal within the nasal and oral cavities. Here we present the genomes of S. aureus O139-S and O139-NS, both isolated from the cheek swab of a healthy female participant. While found in the same sample, the two strains displayed distinct colony morphologies.

Keywords: Staphylococcus aureus; cheek; oral microbiome.