Complete genome sequence of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus sequence type 1, SCCmec IV[2B], isolated in the 1990s from northern Western Australia
Complete genome sequence of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus sequence type 1, SCCmec IV[2B], isolated in the 1990s from northern Western Australia
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- Author(s): Karakatsanis Nicola, M., Mowlaboccus, Shakeel, Colombi, Elena, Pearson Julie, C., Ramsay Joshua, P., Coombs Geoffrey, W., Gill Steven, R.
- Published: 2021
- Publisher: American Society for Microbiology
- Volume: 10
Abstract: Sequence type 1 (ST1) methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) SCCmec IV[2B] has become one of the most common community-associated MRSA clones in Australia. We report the complete genome sequence of one of the earliest isolated Australian S. aureus ST1-MRSA-IV strains, WBG8287, isolated from an Indigenous Australian patient living in the remote Kimberley region of Western Australia.