Draft Genome Sequences of 43 Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium Isolates from a Commercial Beef Processing Plant and Retail Ground Beef

Devin B Holman; Katherine E Gzyl; Rahat Zaheer; Tineke H Jones; Tim A McAllister

doi:10.1128/MRA.00974-19

Draft Genome Sequences of 43 Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium Isolates from a Commercial Beef Processing Plant and Retail Ground Beef

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2019 Oct 17;8(42):e00974-19. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00974-19.

Authors

Devin B Holman¹, Katherine E Gzyl², Rahat Zaheer³, Tineke H Jones², Tim A McAllister³

Affiliations

¹ Lacombe Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lacombe, Alberta, Canada devin.holman@canada.ca.
² Lacombe Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lacombe, Alberta, Canada.
³ Lethbridge Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.

Abstract

Here, we report the draft genome sequences of 36 Enterococcus faecalis and 7 Enterococcus faecium isolates recovered from a beef processing facility and retail ground beef. The beef processing facility samples were collected from beef carcasses, conveyor belts, and ground product.