title: Draft Genome Sequence of a vanA-Type Vancomycin-Resistant Reference Strain, Enterococcus faecium ATCC 51559.
abstract: Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium has emerged as a multidrug-resistant pathogen in hospital settings. Here, we present the draft genome sequence of a high-level vancomycin-resistant strain, E. faecium ATCC 51559, which is employed as a standard laboratory vanA genotype-positive control strain for clinical and laboratory studies.
authors.affiliation: Division of Microbiology, National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR), U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, Arkansas, USA kidon.sung@fda.hhs.gov.
authors.forename: Kidon
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sung
authors.affiliation: Division of Microbiology, National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR), U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, Arkansas, USA.
authors.forename: Saeed
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.affiliation: Division of Microbiology, National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR), U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, Arkansas, USA.
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Marasa
authors.affiliation: Office of Scientific Coordination, National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR), U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, Arkansas, USA.
authors.forename: Seonggi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Min
authors.affiliation: Division of Microbiology, National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR), U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, Arkansas, USA.
authors.forename: Ohgew
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kweon
authors.affiliation: Division of Microbiology, National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR), U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, Arkansas, USA.
authors.forename: Nawaz
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mohamed
authors.affiliation: Division of Microbiology, National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR), U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, Arkansas, USA.
authors.forename: Carl
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cerniglia