Draft Whole-Genome Sequences of Three Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli Strains Isolated from Farmed Deer in New Zealand

A Springer Browne; Patrick J Biggs; Alice Elliott; Patricia Jaros; Nigel P French; Anne C Midwinter

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00300-18

Draft Whole-Genome Sequences of Three Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli Strains Isolated from Farmed Deer in New Zealand

Genome Announc. 2018 Apr 19;6(16):e00300-18. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00300-18.

Authors

A Springer Browne¹, Patrick J Biggs^{2

3}, Alice Elliott², Patricia Jaros², Nigel P French², Anne C Midwinter²

Affiliations

¹ EpiLab, Infectious Disease Research Centre, School of Veterinary Science, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand a.s.browne@massey.ac.nz.
² EpiLab, Infectious Disease Research Centre, School of Veterinary Science, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
³ Institute of Fundamental Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand.

Abstract

Escherichia coli bacteria commonly colonize the gastrointestinal tracts of farmed ruminants. Cattle are a well-recognized reservoir of zoonotic E. coli; we report here, however, the draft genome sequences of three diarrheagenic E. coli strains isolated from farmed red deer (Cervus elaphus) in the Manawatu region of New Zealand.