Complete Genome Sequence of Enterococcus hirae R17, a Daptomycin-Resistant Bacterium Isolated from Retail Pork in China

Zixin Peng; Wei Wang; Yujie Hu; Fengqin Li

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00605-16

Complete Genome Sequence of Enterococcus hirae R17, a Daptomycin-Resistant Bacterium Isolated from Retail Pork in China

Genome Announc. 2016 Jun 23;4(3):e00605-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00605-16.

Authors

Zixin Peng¹, Wei Wang¹, Yujie Hu¹, Fengqin Li²

Affiliations

¹ Key Laboratory of Food Safety Risk Assessment, Ministry of Health, China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment, Beijing, The People's Republic of China.
² Key Laboratory of Food Safety Risk Assessment, Ministry of Health, China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment, Beijing, The People's Republic of China lifengqin@cfsa.net.cn.

Abstract

Daptomycin-resistant Enterococcus hirae R17 was isolated from retail pork sold at a free-trade market in Beijing, China. The complete genome sequence of R17 contains a circular 2,886,481-bp chromosome and a circular 73,574-bp plasmid. Genes involved in cell envelope homeostasis of this bacterium were identified by whole-genome analysis.

Grants and funding

This study was financially supported by the Beijing Talents Fund of the Beijing Municipal Organization Department (grant 2014000021223ZK46) and the Beijing Nova Program Interdisciplinary Cooperation Project (grant xxjc201601).