Draft Genome Sequence of a Mycobacterium Strain Isolated from a Clinical Wound Sample
Eric M Ransom1, Sanjam S Sawhney1,2, Gautam Dantas1,2,3,4
1Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
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|June 2, 2022
Abstract:
We report the draft genome sequence of an unusual Mycobacterium isolate recovered from a patient's arm tissue. The 4,025,753-bp draft genome exhibits a GC content of 71.02%, and a 16S rRNA gene analysis found that the closest relative was Mycobacterium grossiae.
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