Mbelle, Nontombi MarylucyManingi, Nontuthuko ExcellentTshisevhe, V.S.Modipane, LesediAmoako, Daniel GyamfiOsei Sekyere, John2018-07-192018-07-192017-12-14Mbelle NM, Maningi NE, Tshisevhe V, Modipane L, Amoako DG, Osei Sekyere J. 2017. First report of a whole-genome shotgun sequence of a clinical Enterococcus faecalis sequence type 6 strain from South Africa. Genome Announc 5:e01382-17. https://DOI.org/ 10.1128/genomeA.01382-17.2169-8287 (online)10.1128/genomeA.01382-17http://hdl.handle.net/2263/65791Enterococcus faecalis is a lactic acid-producing Gram-positive bacterium commonly found in the intestinal tract of humans and animals; it is implicated in multidrug-resistant nosocomial infections. The draft genome of this E. faecalis sequence type 6 (ST6) strain consists of 3,215,228 bp, with 37.20% GC content, 3,048 predicted coding sequences, and 61 RNA genes.en© 2018 [Mbelle et al]. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.Enterococcus faecalisIntestinal tractNosocomial infectionsRNA genesSouth Africa (SA)Article