High-Quality Draft Genome Sequence of Francisella tularensis subsp. holarctica Strain OR96-0246

L M Atkins; M E Holder; N J Ajami; G A Metcalf; G M Weissenberger; M Wang; V Vee; Y Han; D M Muzny; R A Gibbs; J F Petrosino

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00898-15

High-Quality Draft Genome Sequence of Francisella tularensis subsp. holarctica Strain OR96-0246

Genome Announc. 2015 Aug 13;3(4):e00898-15. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00898-15.

Authors

L M Atkins¹, M E Holder¹, N J Ajami¹, G A Metcalf², G M Weissenberger², M Wang², V Vee², Y Han², D M Muzny², R A Gibbs², J F Petrosino³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA Alkek Center for Metagenomics and Microbiome Research, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
² Human Genome Sequencing Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
³ Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA Alkek Center for Metagenomics and Microbiome Research, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA jpetrosi@bcm.edu.

Abstract

The bacterial pathogen Francisella tularensis was recently renewed as a tier-one select agent. F. tularensis subsp. tularensis (type A) and holarctica (type B) are of clinical relevance. Here, we report the complete genome of a virulent F. tularensis type B strain and describe its usefulness in comparative genomics.

Grants and funding

U54 AI057156/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States