Draft Genome Sequence of a Mycobacterium africanum Clinical Isolate from Antioquia, Colombia

U A Hurtado; J S Solano; A Rodriguez; J Robledo; F Rouzaud

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00486-16

Draft Genome Sequence of a Mycobacterium africanum Clinical Isolate from Antioquia, Colombia

Genome Announc. 2016 Jun 2;4(3):e00486-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00486-16.

Authors

U A Hurtado¹, J S Solano¹, A Rodriguez¹, J Robledo², F Rouzaud³

Affiliations

¹ Corporación para Investigaciones Biológicas (CIB), Medellín, Colombia Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Medellín, Colombia.
² Corporación para Investigaciones Biológicas (CIB), Medellín, Colombia Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana (UPB), Medellín, Colombia jrobledo@cib.org.co.
³ Corporación para Investigaciones Biológicas (CIB), Medellín, Colombia Equal Opportunity Life Sciences (EQUOLS), Rockville, Maryland, USA.

Abstract

Mycobacterium africanum is a member of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. Most commonly found in West African countries, it has scarcely been described in South America. Here, we report the first genome sequence of a Colombian M. africanum clinical isolate. It is composed of 4,493,502 bp, with 4,069 genes.