Complete Genome Sequence of a Klebsiella pneumoniae Strain Carrying blaNDM-1 on a Multidrug Resistance Plasmid

July/August 2016

Authors:
Sean Conlan, Anna F. Lau, NISC Comparative Sequencing Program, Tara N. Palmore, Karen M. Frank, and Julia A. Segre

Info:
NIH scientists sequenced the genome of the first bla_NDM-1-positive strain of Klebsiella pneumoniae detected in the institute’s hospital. They found three plasmids, one of which included the bla_NDM-1 gene conferring resistance to carbapenems. Sequencing was performed with PacBio, and size selection was done with BluePippin for building long-read libraries.

Citation:
Genome Announc. July/August 2016 vol. 4 no. 4 e00664-16
doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00664-16