{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["71(2)"],"submitter":["Butler J"],"funding":["Plymouth University"],"pubmed_abstract":["<b>Introduction.</b> <i>Cupriavidus pauculus</i> is historically found in soil and water but has more recently been reported to cause human infection and death. Hospital sink traps can serve as a niche for bacterial persistence and a platform for horizontal gene transfer, with evidence of dissemination of pathogens in hospital plumbing systems driving nosocomial infection.<b>Gap Statement.</b> This paper presents the first <i>C. pauculus</i> strain isolated from a hospital sink trap. There are only six genome assemblies available on NCBI for <i>C. pauculus</i>; two of these are PacBio/Illumina hybrids. This paper presents the first ONT/Illumina hybrid assembly, with five contigs. The other assemblies available consist of 37, 38, 111 and 227 contigs. This paper also presents data on biofilm"],"journal":["Journal of medical microbiology"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC8941954"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Hospital sink traps as a potential source of the emerging multidrug-resistant pathogen <i>Cupriavidus pauculus</i>: characterization and draft genome sequence of strain MF1."],"pmcid":["PMC8941954"],"pubmed_authors":["Kelly SD","Upton M","Besinis A","Muddiman KJ","Butler J"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Hospital sink traps as a potential source of the emerging multidrug-resistant pathogen <i>Cupriavidus pauculus</i>: characterization and draft genome sequence of strain MF1.","description":"<b>Introduction.</b> <i>Cupriavidus pauculus</i> is historically found in soil and water but has more recently been reported to cause human infection and death. Hospital sink traps can serve as a niche for bacterial persistence and a platform for horizontal gene transfer, with evidence of dissemination of pathogens in hospital plumbing systems driving nosocomial infection.<b>Gap Statement.</b> This paper presents the first <i>C. pauculus</i> strain isolated from a hospital sink trap. There are only six genome assemblies available on NCBI for <i>C. pauculus</i>; two of these are PacBio/Illumina hybrids. This paper presents the first ONT/Illumina hybrid assembly, with five contigs. The other assemblies available consist of 37, 38, 111 and 227 contigs. This paper also presents data on biofilm","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Feb","modification":"2026-05-10T01:38:07.439Z","creation":"2025-02-19T01:11:45.37Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC8941954","cross_references":{"pubmed":["35113779"],"doi":["10.1099/jmm.0.001501"]}}