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Hatice Akarsu1, Isabelle Brodard2, Sonja Kittl2
1Institute of Veterinary Bacteriology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland hatice.akarsuegger@vetsuisse.unibe.ch.
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We present the complete genomes of four Brucella suis biovar 2 isolates that were obtained from wild boars in Switzerland in 2008 and 2009. Genomes were sequenced with PacBio technology, contained two chromosomes each, had a genome size of 3.3 Mbp, and contained more than 3,225 genes per genome.
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