Whole-genome sequence of Salmonella Enterica subsp. Enterica Serovar Typhimurium strain WG49 and Escherichia coli strain WG5 used in South Africa for phage detection in water samples

Abstract

Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Typhimurium WG49 is widely used for enumeration of F-specific RNA (F-RNA) coliphages in water. Escherichia coli WG5 is broadly used for the detection and enumeration of somatic coliphages in water samples. We report here the genome sequences of these bacterial strains used in South Africa under ISO methods 10705-1 and 10705-2