Draft genome sequence of a rare pigmented mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis type C strain

• Author(s): Barbosa, Pedro ; Leão , Célia ; Usié, Anabel ; Amaro, Ana ; Botelho, Ana ; Pinto, Carlos ; Inácio, João ; Stevenson, Karen ; Ramos, António Marcos
• Date: 2017
• Origin: Repositório Institucional da UNL
• Subject(s): Infectious Diseases; Genetics; Microbiology; SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
• Document Type: Journal article
• Language: English
• Contributor(s): Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT); Global Health and Tropical Medicine (GHTM); RUN

Description

Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis is the causative agent of paratuberculosis. We report here the draft genome sequence of a rare pigmented M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis type C strain, comprising 58 contigs and having a genome size of 4,851,414 bp. The genome will assist in the execution of pigmentation and virulence studies on this mycobacterium.