Complete Genome Sequence of Mycobacterium Wuenschmannii a Nontuberculous Mycobacterium Isolated from a Captive Population of Amazon Milk Frogs

Overview

Journal Microbiol Resour Announc

Publisher American Society for Microbiology

Specialty Microbiology

Date 2023 Sep 25

PMID 37747253

Authors

Mohamed Zeineldin

Jessica Hicks

Hilary J Ward

Arno Wunschmann

Patrick Camp

David Farrell

Kimberly Lehman

Tyler C Thacker

Elizabeth Cuthbert

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Abstract

A slow growing species of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) was isolated from the liver of an Amazon milk frog. The complete genome of this isolate comprises 5,102,433 bp, exhibiting 66.86% GC content, 4,940 protein-coding sequences, 52 predicted RNA genes, and 39 repeat regions.

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