The complete genome, comparative and functional analysis of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia reveals an organism heavily shielded by drug resistance determinants

Lisa C Crossman¹ , Virginia C Gould² , J Maxwell Dow³ , Georgios S Vernikos¹ , Aki Okazaki² , Mohammed Sebaihia¹ , David Saunders¹ , Claire Arrowsmith¹ , Tim Carver¹ , Nicholas Peters¹ , Ellen Adlem¹ , Arnaud Kerhornou¹ , Angela Lord¹ , Lee Murphy¹ , Katharine Seeger¹ , Robert Squares¹ , Simon Rutter¹ , Michael A Quail¹ , Mari-Adele Rajandream¹ , David Harris¹ , Carol Churcher¹ , Stephen D Bentley¹ , Julian Parkhill¹ , Nicholas R Thomson¹ and Matthew B Avison²

¹Pathogen Sequencing Unit, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK

²Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Bristol, School of Medical Sciences, University Walk, Bristol, BS8 1TD, UK

³Biomerit Research Centre, Department of Microbiology, Biosciences Institute, National University of Ireland, Cork, Ireland