Complete Genome Sequences of Nitrofurantoin-Sensitive and-Resistant Escherichia coli ST540 and ST2747 Strains

Widespread multidrug resistance in Escherichia coli has necessitated the reintroduction of older antibiotics, such as nitrofuran-toin. However, mechanisms by which resistance to nitrofurantoin emerges in E. coli are not well elucidated. Toward this aim, we sequenced two nitrofurantoin-sensitive E. coli sequence types (ST540 and ST2747) and their four nitrofurantoin-resistant deriv-atives generated in vitro under aerobic and anaerobic growth conditions