Complete Genome Sequence of Streptococcus pneumoniae Strain ST556, a Multidrug-Resistant Isolate from an Otitis Media Patient

• Published in: Journal of Bacteriology Vol. 194; no. 12; pp. 3294 - 3295
• Main Authors: Li, Guiling, Hu, Fen Z, Yang, Xianwei, Cui, Yujun, Yang, Jun, Qu, Fen, Gao, George F, Zhang, Jing-Ren
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC American Society for Microbiology 01.06.2012
• Subjects: Bacteriology; Biological and medical sciences; chinchillas; DNA, Bacterial - chemistry; DNA, Bacterial - genetics; Drug resistance; Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; Ear diseases; ears; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Genes; Genome Announcements; Genome, Bacterial; Genomes; Humans; Microbiology; Molecular Sequence Data; multiple drug resistance; nucleotide sequences; otitis media; Otitis Media - microbiology; Pathogenicity, virulence, toxins, bacteriocins, pyrogens, host-bacteria relations, miscellaneous strains; pathogens; patients; Pneumococcal Infections - microbiology; Rodentia; Sequence Analysis, DNA; Streptococcus infections; Streptococcus pneumoniae; Streptococcus pneumoniae - drug effects; Streptococcus pneumoniae - genetics; Streptococcus pneumoniae - isolation & purification; Human; Nucleotide sequence; Middle ear disease; Strain; Streptococcus pneumoniae; Infection; Streptococcaceae; Streptococcal infection; Multiple resistance; Bacteriosis; Bacteria; Micrococcales; ENT disease; Otitis media; Genome; Clinical isolate; Pneumococcal infection
• ISSN: 0021-9193; 1098-5530; 1067-8832
• DOI: 10.1128/JB.00363-12

Streptococcus pneumoniae is a major pathogen causing bacterial infection in the middle ear of humans. We previously used S. pneumoniae strain ST556, a low-passage 19F isolate from an otitis media patient, to perform a whole-genome screen for ear infection-associated genes in a chinchilla model. This report presents the complete genome sequence of ST556. The genome sequence will provide information complementary to the experimental data from our genetic study of this strain.