High-Quality Draft Genome Sequence of Francisella tularensis subsp. holarctica Strain 08T0073 Isolated from a Wild European Hare

Anne Busch; Prasad Thomas; Kerstin Myrtennäs; Mats Forsman; Silke Braune; Martin Runge; Herbert Tomaso

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01577-16

High-Quality Draft Genome Sequence of Francisella tularensis subsp. holarctica Strain 08T0073 Isolated from a Wild European Hare

Genome Announc. 2017 Mar 23;5(12):e01577-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01577-16.

Authors

Anne Busch¹, Prasad Thomas², Kerstin Myrtennäs³, Mats Forsman³, Silke Braune⁴, Martin Runge⁴, Herbert Tomaso²

Affiliations

¹ Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Institute of Bacterial Infections and Zoonoses, Jena, Germany anne.busch@FLI.de.
² Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Institute of Bacterial Infections and Zoonoses, Jena, Germany.
³ Division of CBRN Security and Defence, Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI), Umeå, Sweden.
⁴ Food and Veterinary Institute, Lower Saxony State Office for Consumer Protection and Food Safety, Hannover, Germany.

Abstract

Here, we report a high-quality draft genome sequence of Francisella tularensis subsp. holarctica strain 08T0073, isolated from the cadaver of a wild European hare (Lepus europaeus) found near Helmstedt, Lower Saxony, Germany, in 2007. In Germany, infected hares are a major source of tularemia in humans.