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Draft genome of the emerging pathogen, Kocuria marina, isolated from a wild urban rat

Loong SK 1 , Tan KK 1 , Zainal N 1 , Phoon WH 1 , Zain SNM 2 , AbuBakar S 1

Affiliations 

  • 1 University of Malaya, Faculty of Medicine, Tropical Infectious Diseases Research & Education Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 2 University of Malaya, Faculty of Science, Institute of Biological Sciences, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz, 2017 Dec;112(12):857-859.
PMID: 29211248 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.

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