Complete Genome Sequence of Mycobacterium shigaense

Mitsunori Yoshida; Hanako Fukano; Yoshitoshi Ogura; Yuko Kazumi; Satoshi Mitarai; Tetsuya Hayashi; Yoshihiko Hoshino

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00552-18

Complete Genome Sequence of Mycobacterium shigaense

Genome Announc. 2018 Jun 21;6(25):e00552-18. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00552-18.

Authors

Mitsunori Yoshida¹, Hanako Fukano¹, Yoshitoshi Ogura², Yuko Kazumi³, Satoshi Mitarai³, Tetsuya Hayashi², Yoshihiko Hoshino⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Mycobacteriology, Leprosy Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan.
² Department of Bacteriology, Faculty of Medicine Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
³ The Research Institute of Tuberculosis, Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association, Tokyo, Japan.
⁴ Department of Mycobacteriology, Leprosy Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan yhoshino@nih.go.jp.

Abstract

Mycobacterium shigaense is a slowly growing scotochromogenic species and a member of the Mycobacterium simiae complex group. Here, we report the complete sequence of its genome, comprising a 5.2-Mb chromosome. The sequence will represent the essential data for future phylogenetic and comparative genome studies of the Mycobacterium simiae complex group.