# Complete genome sequences of two verona integron-encoded metallo-ß-lactamase (VIM)-producing enterobacterales isolated from dogs in the United States

## TL;DR

This paper announces the complete genome sequences of two antibiotic-resistant bacteria isolated from dogs in the U.S.

## Contribution

The study provides new complete genome sequences of VIM-producing Enterobacterales from canine sources in the U.S.

## Key findings

- Two Enterobacterales isolates from dogs in the U.S. were found to carry the blaVIM-4 gene.
- The blaVIM-4 gene was identified on both a plasmid and the bacterial chromosome.
- Genome sequences were generated using a combination of Illumina and Oxford Nanopore technologies.

## Abstract

This announcement reports the complete genome sequences, created by combined Illumina and Oxford Nanopore sequencing, of two carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (Escherichia coli [LaAc-1–20] and Enterobacter hormaechei, strain 19632–21) isolated from dogs in the United States. Both isolates harbor a blaVIM-4 gene found on a 47 kb plasmid and on the bacterial chromosome, respectively.