Draft Genome Sequence of Leptospira interrogans Serovar Bataviae Strain LepIMR 22 Isolated from a Rodent in Johor, Malaysia

Fairuz Amran; Mohd Khairul Nizam Mohd Khalid; Saharuddin Mohamad; Adiratna Mat Ripen; Norazah Ahmad; Marga G A Goris; Ayu Haslin Muhammad; Nurul Atiqah Noor Halim

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00956-16

Draft Genome Sequence of Leptospira interrogans Serovar Bataviae Strain LepIMR 22 Isolated from a Rodent in Johor, Malaysia

Genome Announc. 2016 Sep 8;4(5):e00956-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00956-16.

Authors

Fairuz Amran¹, Mohd Khairul Nizam Mohd Khalid², Saharuddin Mohamad³, Adiratna Mat Ripen⁴, Norazah Ahmad¹, Marga G A Goris⁵, Ayu Haslin Muhammad¹, Nurul Atiqah Noor Halim¹

Affiliations

¹ Infectious Disease Research Centre, Bacteriology Unit, Institute for Medical Research, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
² Specialised Diagnostics Centre, Molecular Diagnostics and Protein Unit, Institute for Medical Research, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia mknizam@imr.gov.my.
³ Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
⁴ Primary Immunodeficiency Unit, Allergy and Immunology Research Centre, Institute for Medical Research, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
⁵ KIT Biomedical Research, Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Abstract

Leptospira interrogans serovar Bataviae was recently identified as one of the persistent Leptospira serovars in Malaysia. Here, we report the draft genome sequence of the L. interrogans serovar Bataviae strain LepIMR 22 isolated from kidney of a rodent in Johor, Malaysia.