Draft Genome Sequence of the Vaccination Strain Mycobacterium bovis BCG S4-Jena

Daniel Wibberg; Anika Winkler; Eberhard Straube; Matthias Karrasch; Peter M Keller; Jörn Kalinowski

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00296-16

Draft Genome Sequence of the Vaccination Strain Mycobacterium bovis BCG S4-Jena

Genome Announc. 2016 Apr 21;4(2):e00296-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00296-16.

Authors

Daniel Wibberg¹, Anika Winkler¹, Eberhard Straube², Matthias Karrasch², Peter M Keller², Jörn Kalinowski³

Affiliations

¹ Technology Platform Genomics, Center for Biotechnology (CeBiTec), Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany.
² Institute of Medical Microbiology, Jena University Hospital, Friedrich-Schiller University, Jena, Germany.
³ Technology Platform Genomics, Center for Biotechnology (CeBiTec), Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany joern.kalinowski@cebitec.uni-bielefeld.de.

Abstract

Here, we present the draft genome sequence of ITALIC! Mycobacterium bovisBCG S4-Jena, a tuberculosis vaccine strain. The genome of S4-Jena is represented by 48 scaffolds, consisting of 132 scaffolded contigs and amounting to a size of about 4.2 Mb. New genes potentially encoding a phage fragment were identified in the genome.

Grants and funding

The funding from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft comprises publication costs only.