title: Genome Sequence of Elizabethkingia meningoseptica EM1, Isolated from a Patient with a Bloodstream Infection.
abstract: Elizabethkingia meningoseptica EM1 was isolated from a whole-blood sample from a female patient. The draft genome sequence of Em1 contains 4,038,467 bp, with a G+C content of 36.37%. A preliminary genome analysis showed that Em1 contains genes conferring resistance to β-lactams. The bacterium has hemolysin genes and a set of genes involved in heme uptake and heme utilization, showing its potential to cause bloodstream infections. A clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR)/CRISPR-associated protein (CRISPR/Cas) system was identified. Average nucleotide identity (ANI) analysis assigned the bacterium to the species E. meningoseptica (ANI, >95%). The annotated genome sequence provides the genetic basis for revealing its role as a pathogen in humans.
authors: Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA shicheng@msu.edu.
authors: Shicheng
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authors: Chen
authors: Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Bureau of Laboratories, Lansing, Michigan, USA.
authors: Marty
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authors: Soehnlen
authors: Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA.
authors: Edward D
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authors: Walker