First Report of a Whole-Genome Shotgun Sequence of a Clinical Enterococcus faecalis Sequence Type 6 Strain from South Africa.

ABSTRACT: Enterococcus faecalis is a lactic acid-producing Gram-positive bacterium commonly found in the intestinal tract of humans and animals; it is implicated in multidrug-resistant nosocomial infections. The draft genome of this E. faecalis sequence type 6 (ST6) strain consists of 3,215,228 bp, with 37.20% GC content, 3,048 predicted coding sequences, and 61 RNA genes.

SUBMITTER: Mbelle NM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5730675 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature