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Draft Genome Sequence of New Leprosy Agent Mycobacterium lepromatosis.

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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Type
Journal Article
Author
Han X
Mistry N
Thompson E
Tang H
Khanna K
Zhang L

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