Draft Genome Sequences of Two Avian Pathogenic Escherichia coli Strains of Clinical Importance, E44 and E51

Troels Ronco; Marc Stegger; Paal S Andersen; Karl Pedersen; Lili Li; Ida C N Thøfner; Rikke H Olsen

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00768-16

Draft Genome Sequences of Two Avian Pathogenic Escherichia coli Strains of Clinical Importance, E44 and E51

Genome Announc. 2016 Aug 4;4(4):e00768-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00768-16.

Authors

Troels Ronco¹, Marc Stegger², Paal S Andersen², Karl Pedersen³, Lili Li⁴, Ida C N Thøfner⁵, Rikke H Olsen⁵

Affiliations

¹ National Veterinary Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Frederiksberg, Denmark troro@vet.dtu.dk.
² Department of Microbiology and Infection Control, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark.
³ National Veterinary Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Frederiksberg, Denmark.
⁴ College of Light Industry and Food Sciences, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China.
⁵ Department of Veterinary Disease Biology, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark.

Abstract

Avian pathogenic Escherichia coli strains have remarkable impacts on animal welfare and the production economy in the poultry industry worldwide. Here, we present the draft genomes of two isolates from chickens (E44 and E51) obtained from field outbreaks and subsequently investigated for their potential for use in autogenous vaccines for broiler breeders.