Whole-Genome Sequence of Brucella melitensis CIIMS-BH-2, a Biovar 2 Strain Isolated from Human Blood

Pooja M Kishnani; Ankita A Tiwari; Smita S Mangalgi; Sukhadeo B Barbuddhe; H F Daginawala; Lokendra R Singh; Rajpal S Kashyap

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00079-18

Whole-Genome Sequence of Brucella melitensis CIIMS-BH-2, a Biovar 2 Strain Isolated from Human Blood

Genome Announc. 2018 Mar 8;6(10):e00079-18. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00079-18.

Authors

Pooja M Kishnani¹, Ankita A Tiwari¹, Smita S Mangalgi², Sukhadeo B Barbuddhe³, H F Daginawala¹, Lokendra R Singh¹, Rajpal S Kashyap⁴

Affiliations

¹ Research Laboratory, G. M. Taori, Central India Institute of Medical Sciences (CIIMS), Bajaj Nagar, Nagpur, India.
² Department of Microbiology, BLDEU's Shri B. M. Patil Medical College, Bijapur, Karnataka, India.
³ ICAR-National Research Centre on Meat, Hyderabad, India.
⁴ Research Laboratory, G. M. Taori, Central India Institute of Medical Sciences (CIIMS), Bajaj Nagar, Nagpur, India raj_ciims@rediffmail.com.

Abstract

Brucella species are the etiological agent of brucellosis in humans and animals. Here, we report the whole-genome sequence of Brucella melitensis strain CIIMS-BH-2, belonging to biovar 2. The draft assembly of CIIMS-BH-2 is 3.31 Mb in size, with 57.2% G+C content.