Colistin Resistance mcr-1-Gene-Bearing Escherichia coli Strain from the United States

Transmissible colistin resistance in the form of an mcr-1 -gene-bearing plasmid has been recently reported in Enterobacteriaceae in several parts of the world. We report here the completed genome sequence of an Escherichia coli strain isolated from swine in the United States that carried the mcr-1 gene on an IncI2-type plasmid.