Staphylococcus aureus subsp. aureus
, commonly referred as
S. aureus, is an important bacterial pathogen frequently
involved in hospital- and community-acquired infections in humans, ranging from skin infections to more
severe diseases such as pneumonia, bacteraemia, endocarditis, osteomyelitis, and disseminated infections. Here,
we report the complete closed genome sequence of a community-acquired methicillin-resistant
S. aureus strain,
USA400-0051, which is a prototype of the USA400 clone.