High-throughput data announcement for Escherichia coli strain KAB04 isolated from ready-to-eat vegetable salads in Central Uganda

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The draft genome of Escherichia coli strain KAB04, isolated from ready-to-eat vegetable salads in central Uganda, consists of 5,231,463 base pairs with a 50.5% GC content and 99.19% completeness. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

Abubaker Kawooya; Chinyere Nkemjika Anyanwu; Emmanuel Eilu; Hussein Kafeero; Adam Ahmed Adam; Jackim Nabona; Mariam Oyedeji Amusa; Danladi Makeri; Martin Odoki; Rasheed Omotayo Adeyemo; Michael Ben Okon; Ismail Abiola Adebayo; Saheed Adekunle Akinola

doi:10.1128/mra.00664-26

August 27, 2026Microbiology Resource AnnouncementsOpen Access

High-throughput data announcement for Escherichia coli strain KAB04 isolated from ready-to-eat vegetable salads in Central Uganda

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To sequence and announce the draft genome of Escherichia coli strain KAB04 isolated from ready-to-eat vegetable salads in central Uganda.
Isolated bacterial strain KAB04 from a ready-to-eat vegetable salad collected in central Uganda.
Conducted high-throughput sequencing and assembly to construct the draft genome.
The assembled genome consists of 5,231,463 base pairs with a guanine-cytosine content of 50.5%.
Quality evaluation demonstrated a genome completeness of 99.19% and a contamination rate of 0.63%.

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Genomic announcement reports the draft sequence of Escherichia coli KAB04 from ready-to-eat salads, highlighting potential food safety risks.

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We report the draft-genome sequence of Escherichia coli strain KAB04 isolated from a ready-to-eat vegetable salad in central Uganda. The assembled genome is 5,231,463 base pairs in length, with a guanine-cytosine content of 50.5%. Genome completeness is 99.19%, with a 0.63% contamination.

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