Genome Sequences of Two Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates from Asian Elephants in Nepal

Sarad Paudel; Evan P Brenner; Syeda A Hadi; Yasuhiko Suzuki; Chie Nakajima; Toshio Tsubota; Kamal Prasad Gairhe; Bhagwan Maharjan; Srinand Sreevatsan

doi:10.1128/MRA.00614-21

Genome Sequences of Two Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates from Asian Elephants in Nepal

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2021 Sep 9;10(36):e0061421. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00614-21. Epub 2021 Sep 9.

Authors

Sarad Paudel^#¹, Evan P Brenner^#¹, Syeda A Hadi¹, Yasuhiko Suzuki^{2

3}, Chie Nakajima^{2

3}, Toshio Tsubota⁴, Kamal Prasad Gairhe⁵, Bhagwan Maharjan⁶, Srinand Sreevatsan¹

Affiliations

¹ Pathobiology & Diagnostic Investigation Department, College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA.
² Division of Bioresources, Hokkaido University International Institute for Zoonosis Control, Sapporo, Japan.
³ International Collaboration Unit, Hokkaido University International Institute for Zoonosis Control, Sapporo, Japan.
⁴ Laboratory of Wildlife Biology and Medicine, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
⁵ Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation, Chitwan National Park, Chitwan, Nepal.
⁶ National Tuberculosis Control Center (NTCC), Thimi, Bhaktapur, Nepal.

^# Contributed equally.

Abstract

This report describes the genome sequences of two Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates, S1 and S3, recovered from Asian elephants in Nepal. These genome sequences will enhance our understanding of the genomic epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Asian elephants.