Complete Genome Sequence and Analysis of the Multiresistant Nosocomial Pathogen<i>Corynebacterium jeikeium</i>K411, a Lipid-Requiring Bacterium of the Human Skin Flora

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Corynebacterium jeikeium is a "lipophilic" and multidrug-resistant bacterial species of the human skin flora that has been recognized with increasing frequency as a serious nosocomial pathogen. Here we report the genome sequence of the clinical isolate C. jeikeium K411, which was initially recovered from the axilla of a bone marrow transplant patient. The genome of C. jeikeium K411 consists of a circular...