Whole-Genome Sequencing of Multidrug-Resistant Escherichia coli Strains Harboring the mcr-1 Gene, Isolated from Seawater of the Algiers Coast in Algeria

M Berrazeg; A Deriet; S C J De Keersmaecker; B Verhaegen; K Vanneste; N Botteldoorn; N H C Roosens; F Mouffok; R Drali

doi:10.1128/MRA.00638-19

Whole-Genome Sequencing of Multidrug-Resistant Escherichia coli Strains Harboring the mcr-1 Gene, Isolated from Seawater of the Algiers Coast in Algeria

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2019 Aug 22;8(34):e00638-19. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00638-19.

Authors

M Berrazeg^{1

2}, A Deriet³, S C J De Keersmaecker⁴, B Verhaegen⁵, K Vanneste⁴, N Botteldoorn⁵, N H C Roosens⁴, F Mouffok³, R Drali⁶

Affiliations

¹ Laboratoire de Microbiologie, Institut Pasteur d'Algérie, Antenne d'Oran, Oran, Algeria.
² Département de Biologie, Faculté des Sciences de la Nature et de la Vie, Université d'Oran 1, Oran, Algeria.
³ Unité environnement, Laboratoire de Bactériologie des Aliments, Eaux et Environnement, Institut Pasteur d'Algérie, Alger, Algeria.
⁴ Sciensano, Transversal Activities in Applied Genomics, Brussels, Belgium.
⁵ Sciensano, Service Food Borne Pathogens, Brussels, Belgium.
⁶ Unité environnement, Laboratoire de Bactériologie des Aliments, Eaux et Environnement, Institut Pasteur d'Algérie, Alger, Algeria rezakdrali@hotmail.com.

Abstract

Colistin resistance has emerged worldwide and is threatening the treatment efficacy of multiresistant Escherichia coli strains in humans and animals. Here, we communicate the whole-genome sequencing (WGS) of two colistin-resistant E. coli strains, M49 and M78, with genomes sizes of 4,947,168 and 5,178,716 bp, respectively, isolated from seawaters of the Algiers coast.