Complete Genome Sequence of Mycobacterium chimaera Strain AH16

Nabeeh A Hasan; Jennifer R Honda; Rebecca M Davidson; L Elaine Epperson; Matthew J Bankowski; Edward D Chan; Michael Strong

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01276-16

Complete Genome Sequence of Mycobacterium chimaera Strain AH16

Genome Announc. 2016 Nov 23;4(6):e01276-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01276-16.

Authors

Nabeeh A Hasan¹, Jennifer R Honda^{2

3}, Rebecca M Davidson⁴, L Elaine Epperson⁴, Matthew J Bankowski^{5

6}, Edward D Chan^{2

7

8}, Michael Strong^{4

7}

Affiliations

¹ Center for Genes, Environment and Health, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, USA hasann@njhealth.org.
² Department of Medicine, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, USA.
³ Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
⁴ Center for Genes, Environment and Health, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, USA.
⁵ Diagnostic Laboratory Services Inc., Aiea, Hawaii, USA.
⁶ Departments of Pathology and Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
⁷ Computational Bioscience Program, University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
⁸ Denver Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Denver, Colorado, USA.

Abstract

Mycobacterium chimaera is a nontuberculous mycobacterial species that causes cardiovascular, pulmonary, and postsurgical infections. Here, we report the first complete genome sequence of M. chimaera This genome is 6.33 Mbp, with a G+C content of 67.56%, and encodes 4,926 protein-coding genes, as well as 74 tRNAs, one ncRNA, and three rRNA genes.