Complete Genome Sequence of a Shiga Toxin-Converting Bacteriophage, Escherichia Phage Lys12581Vzw, Induced from an Outbreak Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Strain

Yujie Zhang; Yen-Te Liao; Alexandra Salvador; Xiaohong Sun; Vivian C H Wu

doi:10.1128/MRA.00793-19

Complete Genome Sequence of a Shiga Toxin-Converting Bacteriophage, Escherichia Phage Lys12581Vzw, Induced from an Outbreak Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Strain

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2019 Sep 5;8(36):e00793-19. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00793-19.

Authors

Yujie Zhang^{1

2}, Yen-Te Liao², Alexandra Salvador², Xiaohong Sun¹, Vivian C H Wu³

Affiliations

¹ College of Food Science and Technology, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China.
² Produce Safety and Microbiology Research Unit, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Western Regional Research Center, Albany, California, USA.
³ Produce Safety and Microbiology Research Unit, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Western Regional Research Center, Albany, California, USA vivian.wu@usda.gov.

Abstract

Although numerous Shiga toxin (Stx)-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) strains have been sequenced, genomic information on Stx-converting phages, highly related to the primary virulence factors of STEC, is scarce. Here, we report the complete genome sequence of a Stx-converting phage induced from an outbreak STEC O145 strain.