title: Complete genome sequence of Staphylococcus aureus, strain ILRI_Eymole1/1, isolated from a Kenyan dromedary camel.
abstract: We report the genome of a Staphylococcus aureus strain (ILRI_Eymole1/1) isolated from a nasal swab of a dromedary camel (Camelus dromedarius) in North Kenya. The complete genome sequence of this strain consists of a circular chromosome of 2,874,302 bp with a GC-content of 32.88 %. In silico annotation predicted 2755 protein-encoding genes and 76 non-coding genes. This isolate belongs to MLST sequence type 30 (ST30). Phylogenetic analysis based on a subset of 283 core genes revealed that it falls within the human clonal complex 30 (CC30) S. aureus isolate cluster but is genetically distinct. About 79 % of the protein encoding genes are part of the CC30 core genome (genes common to all CC30 S. aureus isolates), ~18 % were within the variable genome (shared among multiple but not all isolates) and ~ 3 % were found only in the genome of the camel isolate. Among the 85 isolate-specific genes, 79 were located within putative phages and pathogenicity islands. Protein encoding genes associated with bacterial adhesion, and secretory proteins that are essential components of the type VII secretion system were also identified. The complete genome sequence of S. aureus strain ILRI_Eymole1/1 has been deposited in the European Nucleotide Archive under the accession no LN626917.1.
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, SLU Global Bioinformatics Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-75007 Uppsala, Sweden.
authors.forename: Saima
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zubair
authors.affiliation: International Livestock Research Institute, PO Box 30709, Nairobi, Kenya ; International Center for Insect Physiology and Ecology, PO Box 30722, Nairobi, Kenya.
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fischer
authors.affiliation: International Livestock Research Institute, PO Box 30709, Nairobi, Kenya.
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Liljander
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Institute for Microbiology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hannover, Germany.
authors.forename: Jochen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Meens
authors.affiliation: Institute of Functional and Applied Anatomy, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany ; Biomedical Research in Endstage and Obstructive Lung Disease Hannover (BREATH), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Hannover, Germany ; REBIRTH Cluster of Excellence, Hannover, Germany.
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hegerman
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, SLU Global Bioinformatics Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-75007 Uppsala, Sweden.
authors.forename: Hadrien
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gourlé
authors.affiliation: International Livestock Research Institute, PO Box 30709, Nairobi, Kenya.
authors.forename: Richard P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Bishop
authors.affiliation: International Livestock Research Institute, PO Box 30709, Nairobi, Kenya.
authors.forename: Ina
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Roebbelen
authors.affiliation: Vétérinaires sans Frontières Germany, Nairobi, Kenya.
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Younan
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health and Caring Science, Uppsala University, 751 22 Uppsala, Sweden.
authors.forename: Mudassir Imran
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Mustafa
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, SLU Global Bioinformatics Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-75007 Uppsala, Sweden.
authors.forename: Mamoona
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mushtaq
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, SLU Global Bioinformatics Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-75007 Uppsala, Sweden.
authors.forename: Erik
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bongcam-Rudloff
authors.affiliation: International Livestock Research Institute, PO Box 30709, Nairobi, Kenya.
authors.forename: Joerg
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jores
keywords: Camel; Core genome; Pathogenicity islands; ST30; Staphylococcus aureus