We report here the draft genome sequence of Mycobacterium heckeshornense, isolated from the sputum of a patient admitted to a tuberculosis hospital with suspected pulmonary tuberculosis.

Here we present the complete genome sequence of Bacteroides fragilis isolate BOB25. It is an enterotoxigenic isolate that was obtained from a stool sample of a patient with dysbiosis.

Cord formation is a characteristic property of the cultured Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex species. We describe a case of Mycobacterium marinum demonstrating robust cord formation. Nontuberculous mycobacteria can form true cords in broth culture but do so rarely, despite the fact that many species contain the cell wall glycolipid that mediates cord formation.

Here, we report the first draft genome sequence of the clinically relevant species Mycobacterium gordonae The clinical isolate Mycobacterium gordonae 14-8773 was obtained from the sputum of a patient with mycobacteriosis.

The Sa442 DNA fragment, originally described by Martineau et al. (3), is a popular DNA target for identification of Staphylococcus aureus by PCR (2–6). Several PCR-based assays targeting this DNA fragment alone or in combination with a mecA PCR for identification of a methicillin-resistant S. aureus have been described (3, 4). Apart from having been established as being unique for S. aureus, th...

We present here the draft genome sequence of Tannerella forsythia 9610, a clinical isolate obtained from a periodontitis patient. The genome is composed of 79 scaffolds with 82 contigs, for a length of 3,201,941 bp and a G+C of 47.3%.

Here we present the complete genome sequence of Providencia stuartii MRSN 2154, isolated from an Afghan national. P. stuartii is a Gram-negative bacillus capable of causing infections in a wide variety of human tissues. Because Providencia readily acquires plasmids bearing drug resistance loci, it is of growing clinical significance.

Carbapenem resistance was studied in two sets of Citrobacter freundii strains: (i) strain CFr950, resistant to imipenem (MIC, 16 microg/ml) and isolated in vivo during imipenem therapy, and strain CFr950-Rev, the spontaneous, imipenem-susceptible revertant of CFr950 selected in vitro, and (ii) strains CFr801 and CFr802, two imipenem-resistant mutants selected in vitro from the susceptible clini...

We report here the complete genome sequence of Enterobacter asburiae strain ENIPBJ-CG1, isolated from a bone marrow transplant patient. The size of the genome sequence is approximately 4.65 Mb, with a G+C content of 55.76%, and it is predicted to contain 4,790 protein-coding genes.

BACKGROUND Clostridium difficile are gram-positive, spore forming anaerobic bacteria that are the leading cause of healthcare-associated diarrhea, usually associated with antibiotic usage. Metronidazole is currently the first-line treatment for mild to moderate C. difficile diarrhea however recurrence occurs at rates of 15-35%. There are few reports of C. difficile metronidazole resistance in t...