Draft Genome Sequence of a Fluconazole-Resistant Candida auris Strain from a Candidemia Patient in India

Cheshta Sharma; Nitin Kumar; Jacques F Meis; Rajesh Pandey; Anuradha Chowdhary

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00722-15

Draft Genome Sequence of a Fluconazole-Resistant Candida auris Strain from a Candidemia Patient in India

Genome Announc. 2015 Jul 16;3(4):e00722-15. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00722-15.

Authors

Cheshta Sharma¹, Nitin Kumar², Jacques F Meis, Rajesh Pandey³, Anuradha Chowdhary⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medical Mycology, Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute, University of Delhi, Delhi, India.
² Host-Microbiota Interactions Laboratory, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, United Kingdom.
³ CSIR Ayurgenomics Unit-TRISUTRA, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (CSIR-IGIB), New Delhi, India.
⁴ Department of Medical Mycology, Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute, University of Delhi, Delhi, India dranuradha@hotmail.com.

Abstract

Candida auris is a multidrug-resistant yeast incriminated in a wide spectrum of invasive infections, especially in intensive care settings. The first draft genome sequence of C. auris, VPCI 479/P/13, from a case with fungemia was sequenced using the Illumina MiSeq platform. The estimated genome size is 12.3 Mb, with 6,675 coding sequences.