Draft genome sequence of a Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli strain from deer meat showing an IS-element integration in the B-subunit of the Shiga toxin Stx2b gene

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2024 Jun 11;13(6):e0109323. doi: 10.1128/mra.01093-23. Epub 2024 May 3.

Abstract

Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) are important food-borne pathogens. Here we report sequence data of the STEC strain BfR-EC-18960, which has integrated IS elements in the B-subunit of the Shiga toxin Stx2b gene. The strain was isolated from deer meat at a local butchery in Germany in 2021.

Keywords: Escherichia coli; Shiga toxins; food-borne pathogens; transposons.