Escherichia ruysiae sp. nov., a novel Gram-stain-negative bacterium, isolated from a faecal sample of an international traveller.

ABSTRACT: The genus Escherichia comprises five species and at least five lineages currently not assigned to any species, termed 'Escherichia cryptic clades'. We isolated an Escherichia strain from an international traveller and resolved the complete DNA sequence of the chromosome and an IncI multidrug resistance plasmid using Illumina and Nanopore whole-genome sequencing (WGS). Strain OPT1704^T can be differentiated from existing Escherichia species using biochemical (VITEK2) and genomic tests [average nucleotide identity (ANI) and digital DNA-DNA hybridization (dDDH)]. Phylogenetic analysis based on alignment of 16S rRNA sequences and 682 concatenated core genes showed similar results. Our analysis further revealed that strain OPT1704^T falls within <

SUBMITTER: van der Putten BCL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8346766 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature