Draft Genome Sequence of an Enterococcus faecalis Strain (24FS) That Was Isolated from Healthy Infant Feces and Exhibits High Antibacterial Activity, Multiple-Antibiotic Resistance, and Multiple Virulence Factors

  • El Halfawy N
  • El-Naggar M
  • Andrews S
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Enterococcus faecalis 24FS is a bacteriocin-producing, multiply antibiotic-resistant, and potentially virulent bacterium isolated from healthy infant feces. The draft 2.9-Mb genome sequence revealed 2,968 protein-encoding genes; 11 antibiotic resistance, 8 virulence, and 3 bacteriocin genes; and 2 plasmids, 4 prophages, 30 insertion sequence (IS) elements, 1 transposon, and 1 integron. Enterococcus faecalis 24FS is a bacteriocin-producing, multiply antibiotic-resistant, and potentially virulent bacterium isolated from healthy infant feces. The draft 2.9-Mb genome sequence revealed 2,968 protein-encoding genes; 11 antibiotic resistance, 8 virulence, and 3 bacteriocin genes; and 2 plasmids, 4 prophages, 30 insertion sequence (IS) elements, 1 transposon, and 1 integron.

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El Halfawy, N. M., El-Naggar, M. Y., & Andrews, S. C. (2019). Draft Genome Sequence of an Enterococcus faecalis Strain (24FS) That Was Isolated from Healthy Infant Feces and Exhibits High Antibacterial Activity, Multiple-Antibiotic Resistance, and Multiple Virulence Factors. Microbiology Resource Announcements, 8(13). https://doi.org/10.1128/mra.00047-19

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