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Complete Genome Sequences of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates Subjected to 200 Continuous Passages
Lucio Vera-Cabrera1, Carmen A Molina-Torres2, Jose Marco Lopez-Ortiz2
1Laboratorio Interdisciplinario de Investigación Dermatológica, Servicio de Dermatología, Hospital Universitario "Dr. José Eleuterio González," Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, NL, México drluciovera@yahoo.com.
Abstract:
We report 6 draft genome sequences corresponding to Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv and M. tuberculosis DR689, a Beijing isolate, plus their counterparts subjected to 200 continuous passages in Middlebrook 7H9 broth, either alone or with ox bile.
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