Complete genome sequence of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (strain USA400-0051), a prototype of the USA400 clone

• Main Authors: Marina Farrel Côrtes, Maiana OC Costa, Nicholas CB Lima, Rangel C Souza, Luiz GP Almeida, Luciane Prioli Ciapina Guedes, Ana TR Vasconcelos, Marisa F Nicolás, Agnes MS Figueiredo
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde
• Series: Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
• Subjects: methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; whole genome; USA400; ST1-SCCmecIV
• Online Access: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762017001100790&lng=en&tlng=en

Staphylococcus aureus subsp. aureus, commonly referred as S. aureus, is an important bacterial pathogen frequently involved in hospital- and community-acquired infections in humans, ranging from skin infections to more severe diseases such as pneumonia, bacteraemia, endocarditis, osteomyelitis, and disseminated infections. Here, we report the complete closed genome sequence of a community-acquired methicillin-resistant S. aureus strain, USA400-0051, which is a prototype of the USA400 clone.