Open AccessDraft Genome Sequence of Mycobacterium simiae, a Potential Pathogen Isolated from the Normal Human Oral Cavity
Author(s) -
Varsha Chauhan,
Kamal Shrivastava,
Sakshi Anand,
Chanchal Kumar,
Anupriya Singh,
Mandira Varma-Basil
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
microbiology resource announcements
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.383
H-Index - 35
ISSN - 2576-098X
DOI - 10.1128/mra.01185-20
Subject(s) - biology , genome , whole genome sequencing , nontuberculous mycobacteria , gene , genetics , mycobacterium , insertion sequence , microbiology and biotechnology , computational biology , bacteria , transposable element
We report the draft genome sequence of Mycobacterium simiae , a slowly growing nontuberculous mycobacterium (NTM) isolated from a mouthwash sample of a healthy person. This genome of 6,603,693 bp exhibited a 66.13% GC content and 6,391 genes with 6,257 coding sequences, 3 rRNAs, and 78 tRNAs.