Draft Genome Sequence of an Atypical Highly Virulent Rabbit Staphylococcus aureus Strain

Zoltán Német; Ervin Albert; Tibor Nagy; Ferenc Olasz; Endre Barta; János Kiss; Ádám Dán; Krisztián Bányai; Katleen Hermans; Imre Biksi

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01049-17

Draft Genome Sequence of an Atypical Highly Virulent Rabbit Staphylococcus aureus Strain

Genome Announc. 2017 Oct 19;5(42):e01049-17. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01049-17.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department and Clinic for Production Animals, University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest, Üllő, Hungary nemet.zoltan@univet.hu.
² Department and Clinic for Production Animals, University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest, Üllő, Hungary.
³ Agricultural Biotechnology Institute of the National Agricultural Research and Innovation Centre, Gödöllő, Hungary.
⁴ Veterinary Diagnostic Directorate, National Food Chain Safety Office (NFCSO), Budapest, Hungary.
⁵ Institute for Veterinary Medical Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary.
⁶ Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.

Abstract

Rabbit staphylococcosis is one of the most important diseases in industrial rabbit production. We report here the draft genome sequence of Staphylococcus aureus strain 380/11, an atypical highly virulent (aHV) rabbit Staphylococcus aureus strain.