Complete Genome Sequence of Mycobacterium avium subsp. avium Chester (DSM 44156)

Ralph Goethe; Kristin Laarmann; Cathrin Spröer; Boyke Bunk

doi:10.1128/MRA.01549-19

Complete Genome Sequence of Mycobacterium avium subsp. avium Chester (DSM 44156)

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2020 Feb 13;9(7):e01549-19. doi: 10.1128/MRA.01549-19.

Authors

Ralph Goethe¹, Kristin Laarmann², Cathrin Spröer^{3

4}, Boyke Bunk^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Institute for Microbiology, Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hanover, Germany ralph.goethe@tiho-hannover.de.
² Institute for Microbiology, Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hanover, Germany.
³ Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Braunschweig, Germany.
⁴ German Centre of Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Hannover-Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany.

Abstract

Here, we announce the complete genome sequence of the Mycobacterium avium subsp. avium strain DSM 44156, also deposited as ATCC 25291 and TMC 724. The reference strain was originally described as a serotype 2 strain isolated from a hen by F. D. Chester in 1901.