Complete Genome Sequence of a Type Strain of Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. bolletii, a Member of the Mycobacterium abscessus Complex

Mitsunori Yoshida; Hanako Fukano; Yuji Miyamoto; Keigo Shibayama; Masato Suzuki; Yoshihiko Hoshino

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01530-17

Complete Genome Sequence of a Type Strain of Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. bolletii, a Member of the Mycobacterium abscessus Complex

Genome Announc. 2018 Feb 1;6(5):e01530-17. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01530-17.

Authors

Mitsunori Yoshida¹, Hanako Fukano¹, Yuji Miyamoto¹, Keigo Shibayama², Masato Suzuki³, Yoshihiko Hoshino⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Mycobacteriology, Leprosy Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan.
² Department of Bacteriology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan.
³ Antimicrobial Resistance Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan.
⁴ Department of Mycobacteriology, Leprosy Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan yhoshino@nih.go.jp.

Abstract

Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. bolletii is a rapidly growing mycobacterial organism for which the taxonomy is unclear. Here, we report the complete genome sequence of a Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. bolletii type strain. This sequence will provide essential information for future taxonomic and comparative genome studies of these mycobacteria.