Genome Sequences of 10 SARS-CoV-2 Viral Strains Obtained by Nanopore Sequencing of Nasopharyngeal Swabs in Malta

Manuele Biazzo; Silvia Madeddu; Elfath Elnifro; Tessabella Sultana; Josie Muscat; Christian A Scerri; Francesco Santoro; David Pinzauti

doi:10.1128/MRA.01375-20

Genome Sequences of 10 SARS-CoV-2 Viral Strains Obtained by Nanopore Sequencing of Nasopharyngeal Swabs in Malta

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2021 Jan 28;10(4):e01375-20. doi: 10.1128/MRA.01375-20.

Authors

Manuele Biazzo¹, Silvia Madeddu¹, Elfath Elnifro², Tessabella Sultana², Josie Muscat², Christian A Scerri³, Francesco Santoro⁴, David Pinzauti⁵

Affiliations

¹ The BioArte Limited, San Gwann, Malta.
² Medical Laboratory Services within St James Hospital, Sliema, Malta.
³ Department of Physiology and Biochemistry, University of Malta, Msida, Malta.
⁴ Department of Medical Biotechnologies, University of Siena, Siena, Italy santorof@unisi.it.
⁵ Department of Medical Biotechnologies, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.

Abstract

The genome sequences of 10 severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) strains from Sliema, Malta, were obtained by Nanopore sequencing using the amplicon sequencing approach developed by the Artic Network. The assembled genomes were analyzed with Pangolin software and assigned to the B.1 lineage, which is widely circulating in Europe.