Draft Genome Sequences of Listeria monocytogenes Strains from Listeriosis Outbreaks Linked to Soft Cheese in Washington State

Zhen Li; Paula A Marsland; Roxanne T Meek; Kaye Eckmann; Marc W Allard; Ailyn C Pérez-Osorio

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00936-17

Draft Genome Sequences of Listeria monocytogenes Strains from Listeriosis Outbreaks Linked to Soft Cheese in Washington State

Genome Announc. 2017 Sep 7;5(36):e00936-17. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00936-17.

Authors

Zhen Li¹, Paula A Marsland², Roxanne T Meek², Kaye Eckmann², Marc W Allard³, Ailyn C Pérez-Osorio²

Affiliations

¹ Washington State Department of Health, Public Health Laboratories, Shoreline, Washington, USA lizhen@isu.edu.
² Washington State Department of Health, Public Health Laboratories, Shoreline, Washington, USA.
³ Division of Microbiology, Office of Regulatory Science, Center for Food Safety and Nutrition, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, College Park, Maryland, USA.

Abstract

Listeria monocytogenes has caused listeriosis outbreaks linked to soft cheese. Here, we report the draft genome sequences of seven L. monocytogenes isolates from two possibly related outbreaks caused by soft cheese products in Washington State.