Complete Genome Sequences of Two Strains of Francisella tularensis subsp. holarctica bv. japonica

Akitoyo Hotta; Osamu Fujita; Kiyoshi Tanabayashi; Akihiko Uda; Junji Shindo; Chun-Ho Park; Hisaaki Sato; Michio Suzuki; Shigeru Morikawa; Ken Maeda

doi:10.1128/MRA.01127-20

Complete Genome Sequences of Two Strains of Francisella tularensis subsp. holarctica bv. japonica

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2020 Nov 5;9(45):e01127-20. doi: 10.1128/MRA.01127-20.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Veterinary Science, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan ahotta@niid.go.jp.
² Department of Veterinary Science, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan.
³ Division of Biosafety Control and Research, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan.
⁴ Department of Wildlife Science, School of Veterinary Medicine, Kitasato University, Aomori, Japan.
⁵ Department of Veterinary Pathology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Kitasato University, Aomori, Japan.
⁶ Department of Microbiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Kitasato University, Aomori, Japan.
⁷ Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Okayama University of Science, Ehime, Japan.

Abstract

Francisella tularensis, a highly infectious bacterium, is the etiological agent of the zoonotic disease tularemia. It is widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere, including Japan. Here, we have determined the complete genome sequences of two strains of F. tularensis subsp. holarctica bv. japonica isolated from hares in 2008 and 2009.