Complete Genome Sequence of Mycobacterium ulcerans subsp. shinshuense

Mitsunori Yoshida; Kazue Nakanaga; Yoshitoshi Ogura; Atsushi Toyoda; Tadasuke Ooka; Yuko Kazumi; Satoshi Mitarai; Norihisa Ishii; Tetsuya Hayashi; Yoshihiko Hoshino

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01050-16

Complete Genome Sequence of Mycobacterium ulcerans subsp. shinshuense

Genome Announc. 2016 Sep 29;4(5):e01050-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01050-16.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Mycobacteriology, Leprosy Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Higashi-Murayama, Tokyo, Japan.
² Department of Bacteriology, Faculty of Medicine Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan.
³ Center for Information biology, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Shizuoka, Japan.
⁴ Department of Microbiology, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Kagoshima, Japan.
⁵ The Research Institute of Tuberculosis, Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association, Kiyose, Tokyo, Japan.
⁶ Department of Mycobacteriology, Leprosy Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Higashi-Murayama, Tokyo, Japan yhoshino@nih.go.jp.

Abstract

Mycobacterium ulcerans subsp. shinshuense produces mycolactone and causes Buruli ulcer. Here, we report the complete sequence of its genome, which comprises a 5.9-Mb chromosome and a 166-kb plasmid (pShT-P). The sequence will represent the essential data for future phylogenetic and comparative genome studies of mycolactone-producing mycobacteria.