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Complete genome sequence of Brucella melitensis 133, an isolate of biovar 1 of sequence type 32
Yuehua Ke1, Qing Zhen, Tiefeng Li
1Department of Infectious Disease Control, Beijing Institute of Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
Journal of Bacteriology
|December 5, 2012
Abstract:
Brucellosis is highly epidemic in China. Of the six classical species, Brucella melitensis and biovar 1 are the most represented species and biovar that cause human brucellosis in China. Here, we report the genome sequence of Brucella melitensis strain 133, a strain of biovar 1 of sequence type 32.
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