Genome Sequences of Mycobacterium Strains Recovered from Captive Elephants with Tuberculosis
Evan P. Brenner, Syeda A. Hadi, Beth Harris, Suelee Robbe‐Austerman, Srinand Sreevatsan
Microbiology Resource Announcements · 2021-09
Abstract
Members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex cause tuberculosis, infamous for enormous impacts on human health. As zoonoses, they also threaten endangered species like African/Asian elephants. We report the whole-genome sequences of Mycobacterium tuberculosis biovars tuberculosis and bovis from two zoo elephants in the United States.
MeSH terms
- Tuberculosis
- Mycobacterium bovis
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Biology
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex
- Endangered species
- Genome
- Mycobacterium
- Whole genome sequencing
- Microbiology
- Virology