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Genome sequence of a Klebsiella pneumoniae sequence type 258 isolate with prophage-encoded K. pneumoniae carbapenemase

  • Liang Chen
  • , Kalyan D. Chavda
  • , Frank R. DeLeo
  • , Kendall A. Bryant
  • , Michael R. Jacobs
  • , Robert A. Bonomo
  • , Barry N. Kreiswirth
  • Public Health Research Institute, New York
  • National Institutes of Health
  • Orlando Regional Medical Center
  • Case Western Reserve University
  • Department of Veterans Affairs

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Abstract

We present the draft genome sequence of a Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC)-producing sequence type 258 (ST258) K. pneumoniae strain, ST258_FL. Uniquely, strain ST258_FL harbors two copies of the blaKPC gene on the chromosome, one of which is integrated into a prophage.

Original languageEnglish
Article numbere00659-15
JournalGenome Announcements
Volume3
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2015

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