Draft genome sequences of five Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli isolates harboring the new recently described Subtilase cytotoxin allelic variant subAB2-3

We present here the draft genome sequences of five Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) strains which tested positive in a primary subAB screening. Assembly and annotation of the draft genomes revealed that all strains harbored the recently described allelic variant subAB2-3 Based on the sequence data, primers were designed to identify and differentiate this variant