Draft Genome Sequence of Staphylococcus epidermidis Clinical Strain GOI1153754-03-14 Isolated from an Infected Knee Prosthesis

Marta Bottagisio; Alessio Soggiu; Arianna B Lovati; Marco Toscano; Cristian Piras; Carlo L Romanò; Luigi Bonizzi; Paola Roncada; Lorenzo Drago

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00378-17

Draft Genome Sequence of Staphylococcus epidermidis Clinical Strain GOI1153754-03-14 Isolated from an Infected Knee Prosthesis

Genome Announc. 2017 May 18;5(20):e00378-17. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00378-17.

Authors

Marta Bottagisio^{1

2}, Alessio Soggiu², Arianna B Lovati³, Marco Toscano⁴, Cristian Piras², Carlo L Romanò⁵, Luigi Bonizzi², Paola Roncada⁶, Lorenzo Drago^{4

7}

Affiliations

¹ Cell and Tissue Engineering Laboratory, IRCCS Galeazzi Orthopedic Institute, Milan, Italy marta.bottagisio@grupposandonato.it.
² Department of Veterinary Medicine (DiMeVet), University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
³ Cell and Tissue Engineering Laboratory, IRCCS Galeazzi Orthopedic Institute, Milan, Italy.
⁴ Department of Biomedical Science for Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
⁵ Center for Reconstructive Surgery of Osteoarticular Infections, CRIO, IRCCS Galeazzi Orthopedic Institute, Milan, Italy.
⁶ Istituto Sperimentale Italiano Lazzaro Spallanzani, Cremona, Italy.
⁷ Laboratory of Clinical Chemistry and Microbiology, IRCCS Galeazzi Orthopedic Institute, Milan, Italy.

Abstract

We announce the draft genome sequence of Staphylococcus epidermidis clinical strain GOI1153754-03-14, isolated from an infected orthopedic prosthesis. The reported genomic sequence will provide valuable information concerning the mechanisms of the biofilm formation on metallic implants.