Complete Genome Sequence of Livestock-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Sequence Type 398 Isolated from Swine in the United States

Samantha J Hau; Darrell O Bayles; David P Alt; Timothy S Frana; Tracy L Nicholson

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00790-17

Complete Genome Sequence of Livestock-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Sequence Type 398 Isolated from Swine in the United States

Genome Announc. 2017 Aug 10;5(32):e00790-17. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00790-17.

Authors

Samantha J Hau¹, Darrell O Bayles², David P Alt², Timothy S Frana¹, Tracy L Nicholson³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA.
² National Animal Disease Center, Agriculture Research Service, USDA, Ames, Iowa, USA.
³ National Animal Disease Center, Agriculture Research Service, USDA, Ames, Iowa, USA tracy.nicholson@ars.usda.gov.

Abstract

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) colonizes and causes disease in many animal species. Livestock-associated MRSA (LA-MRSA) isolates are represented by isolates of the sequence type 398 (ST398). These isolates are considered to be livestock adapted. This report provides the complete genome sequence of one swine-associated LA-MRSA ST398 isolate from the United States.