Evolutionary dynamics and genomic features of the Elizabethkingia anophelis 2015 to 2016 Wisconsin outbreak strain

oleh: Amandine Perrin, Elise Larsonneur, Ainsley C. Nicholson, David J. Edwards, Kristin M. Gundlach, Anne M. Whitney, Christopher A. Gulvik, Melissa E. Bell, Olaya Rendueles, Jean Cury, Perrine Hugon, Dominique Clermont, Vincent Enouf, Vladimir Loparev, Phalasy Juieng, Timothy Monson, David Warshauer, Lina I. Elbadawi, Maroya Spalding Walters, Matthew B. Crist, Judith Noble-Wang, Gwen Borlaug, Eduardo P. C. Rocha, Alexis Criscuolo, Marie Touchon, Jeffrey P. Davis, Kathryn E. Holt, John R. McQuiston, Sylvain Brisse

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2017-05-01

Deskripsi

Elizabethkingia anophelis is an emerging pathogen of high antimicrobial resistance. Perrin and colleagues sequenced isolates of a 2015/2016 E. anophelis outbreak in Wisconsin and found substantial genetic diversity, accelerated evolutionary rate and a disruptive mutation in the DNA repair gene mutY.