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SUBMITTER: Allue-Guardia A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6128377 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Genome biology and evolution 20180901 9
Shigella sonnei is responsible for the majority of shigellosis infections in the US with over 500,000 cases reported annually. Here, we present the complete genome of the clinical multidrug resistant (MDR) strain 866, which is highly susceptible to bacteriophage infections. The strain has a circular chromosome of 4.85 Mb and carries a 113 kb MDR plasmid. This IncB/O/K/Z-type plasmid, termed p866, confers resistance to five different classes of antibiotics including ß-lactamase, sulfonamide, tetr ...[more]