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DNA Fingerprinting of Mycobacterium leprae Strains Using Variable Number Tandem Repeat VNTR - Fragment Length Analysis FLA
Published on: July 15, 2011
Draft Genome Sequence of New Leprosy Agent Mycobacterium lepromatosis
Xiang Y Han1, Nipun A Mistry2, Erika J Thompson3
1Department of Laboratory Medicine, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA xhan@mdanderson.org.
Abstract:
Mycobacterium lepromatosis is a newly discovered cause of leprosy. Here, we present a near-complete genome of M. lepromatosis from strain FJ924 obtained from a patient who died of leprosy. The genome contained 3,215,823 nucleotides and matched ~87% with the Mycobacterium leprae genome. This genome is likely the smallest of all mycobacterial genomes known to date.
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