Complete Genome Sequence of a Burkholderia pseudomallei Strain Isolated from a Pet Green Iguana in Prague, Czech Republic

Mandy C Elschner; Prasad Thomas; Hosny El-Adawy; Katja Mertens; Falk Melzer; Jan Hnizdo; Ivonne Stamm

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01761-16

Complete Genome Sequence of a Burkholderia pseudomallei Strain Isolated from a Pet Green Iguana in Prague, Czech Republic

Genome Announc. 2017 Mar 9;5(10):e01761-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01761-16.

Authors

Mandy C Elschner¹, Prasad Thomas², Hosny El-Adawy², Katja Mertens², Falk Melzer², Jan Hnizdo³, Ivonne Stamm⁴

Affiliations

¹ Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Institute of Bacterial Infections and Zoonoses, Jena, Germany mandy.elschner@fli.de.
² Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Institute of Bacterial Infections and Zoonoses, Jena, Germany.
³ Animal Clinic, Bílá Hora, Prague, Czech Republic.
⁴ Vet Med Labor GmbH, Division of IDEXX Laboratories, Ludwigsburg, Germany.

Abstract

Burkholderia pseudomallei was isolated from pus from an abscess of a pet iguana living in a private household in Prague, Czech Republic. This paper presents the complete genome sequence of B. pseudomallei strain VB976100.