Development of a Providencia stuartii multilocus sequence typing scheme.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The Providencia genus is assuming greater clinical relevance among infections caused by Enterobacterales also because of its intrinsic and acquired resistance to last-resort antibiotics. However, despite having been known and studied for over 50 years, genomics and taxonomy of the Providencia genus are currently undergoing a deep rearrangement. In this study we aim to outline and characterized the P. stuartii species.

Methods

We retrieved from the GenBank database all genomes labelled as Providencia and performed a comprehensive genome-based species definition founded on average nucleotide identity (ANI) and on alignment-free approaches.

Results

After defining the genomes assuredly identifiable as P. stuartii, we

SUBMITTER: Arcari G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11560872 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature