Genome Sequence of Escherichia coli O157:H7 Strain 2886-75, Associated with the First Reported Case of Human Infection in the United States.

Genome Announc, 2014/1/09;2(1)

Sanjar F[1], Hazen TH, Shah SM, Koenig SS, Agrawal S, Daugherty S, Sadzewicz L, Tallon LJ, Mammel MK, Feng P, Soderlund R, Tarr PI, Debroy C, Dudley EG, Cebula TA, Ravel J, Fraser CM, Rasko DA, Eppinger M

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PMID: 24407635

Abstract
First identified in 1982 as a human pathogen, enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli of the O157:H7 serotype is a major cause of food-borne acquired human infections. Here, we report the genome sequence of the first known strain of this serotype isolated in the United States.
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