Abstract
Campylobacter coli is considered one of the main causes of food-borne illness worldwide. We report here the whole-genome sequence of multidrug-resistant Campylobacter coli strain COL B1-266, isolated from the Colombian poultry chain. The genome sequences encode genes for a variety of antimicrobial resistance genes, including aminoglycosides, β-lactams, lincosamides, fluoroquinolones, and tetracyclines.
Highlights
Campylobacter spp. are spiral-shaped bacteria capable of surviving in a wide range of environments, causing disease in humans and animals [1] and are considered one of the main causes of food-borne illness worldwide [2, 3]
The Campylobacter sp. described here is part of a comprehensive prevalence survey from the Colombian Integrated Program for Antimicrobial Resistance Survival (COIPARS), a national initiative to evaluate and to mitigate the spread of antimicrobial resistance associated to zoonotic pathogens in Colombia [8, 9]
The isolate COL B1-266 is a multidrug-resistant member of a Campylobacter coli pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) cluster composed of eight isolates from different stages of the poultry chain production, suggesting dissemination through the poultry chain
Summary
Campylobacter spp. are spiral-shaped bacteria capable of surviving in a wide range of environments, causing disease in humans and animals [1] and are considered one of the main causes of food-borne illness worldwide [2, 3]. In industrialized countries Campylobacter coli is the most common cause of community-acquired inflammatory enteritis [4]. Some strains of Campylobacter spp. are increasingly resistant to most clinically important antibiotics, generating concern among public health authorities.
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