Whole genome sequencing of Borrelia miyamotoi isolate Izh-4: reference for a complex bacterial genome

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Authors

Konstantin V. Kuleshov · Central Research Institute of Epidemiology

Joris Koetsveld · University of Amsterdam

Irina Goptar · The Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution "Izmerov Research Institute of Occupational Health"

Mikhail L. Markelov · The Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution "Izmerov Research Institute of Occupational Health"

N. M. Kolyasnikova · National Research Center for Hematology Russian Academy of Medical Sciences

Abstract

We here describe the genome of a Russian B. miyamotoi clinical isolate, providing a solid basis for future comparative genomics of B. miyamotoi isolates. This will be a great impetus for further basic, molecular and epidemiological research on this emerging tick-borne pathogen.

Topics & Keywords

Vector-borne infectious diseases Viral Infections and Vectors Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Life below water

Publication Details

Published in: BMC Genomics

Volume 21, Issue 1, pp. 16-16

DOI: 10.1186/s12864-019-6388-4

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