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

Andreas Leimbach; Anja Poehlein; Anika Witten; Flemming Scheutz; Ynte Schukken; Rolf Daniel; Ulrich Dobrindt

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00182-15

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

Genome Announc. 2015 Mar 26;3(2):e00182-15. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00182-15.

Authors

Andreas Leimbach, Anja Poehlein¹, Anika Witten², Flemming Scheutz³, Ynte Schukken, Rolf Daniel¹, Ulrich Dobrindt⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Genomic and Applied Microbiology, Göttingen Genomics Laboratory, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, Georg-August-University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
² Institute for Human Genetics, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.
³ Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark.
⁴ dobrindt@uni-muenster.de.

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.