Complete Genome Sequences of Escherichia coli Strains 1303 and ECC-1470 Isolated from Bovine Mastitis

  1. Ulrich Dobrindta,c
  1. aInstitute of Hygiene, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
  2. bDepartment of Genomic and Applied Microbiology, Göttingen Genomics Laboratory, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, Georg-August-University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
  3. cInstitute for Molecular Infection Biology, Julius-Maximilians-University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
  4. dInstitute for Human Genetics, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
  5. eStatens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark
  6. fDepartment of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
  7. gGD Animal Health, Deventer, The Netherlands

ABSTRACT

Escherichia coli is the leading causative agent of acute bovine mastitis. Here, we report the complete genome sequence of E. coli O70:H32 strain 1303, isolated from an acute case of bovine mastitis, and E. coli Ont:Hnt strain ECC-1470, isolated from a persistent infection.

FOOTNOTES

  • Address correspondence to Ulrich Dobrindt, dobrindt{at}uni-muenster.de.
  • Citation Leimbach A, Poehlein A, Witten A, Scheutz F, Schukken Y, Daniel R, Dobrindt U. 2015. Complete genome sequences of Escherichia coli strains 1303 and ECC-1470 isolated from bovine mastitis. Genome Announc 3(2):e00182-15. doi:10.1128/genomeA.00182-15.

  • Received 9 February 2015.
  • Accepted 13 February 2015.
  • Published 26 March 2015.

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