Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, 112(12) December 2017
Genome announcement and highlight
Draft genome of the emerging pathogen, Kocuria marina, isolated from a wild urban rat
1University of Malaya, Faculty of Medicine, Tropical Infectious Diseases Research & Education Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2University of Malaya, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Microbiology, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
3University of Malaya, Faculty of Science, Institute of Biological Sciences, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Page: 857-859
DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760170132
ABSTRACT
Kocuria marina has recently emerged as a cause for catheter-related bloodstream infections in patients with underlying health complications. One K. marina strain was recently isolated from the lung tissues of a wild urban rat (Rattus rattus diardii) caught during rodent surveillance. Here, we present the draft genome of the first K. marina animal isolate, K. marina TRE150902.
