Draft Genome Sequence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis KT-0184, Isolated in South Korea

Taesoo Kwon; Seung Jung Han; Won Gi Yoo; Mi-Ran Yun; Sanghyun Lee; Jong Seok Lee; Dae-Won Kim

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01755-15

Draft Genome Sequence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis KT-0184, Isolated in South Korea

Genome Announc. 2016 Feb 18;4(1):e01755-15. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01755-15.

Authors

Taesoo Kwon¹, Seung Jung Han², Won Gi Yoo³, Mi-Ran Yun⁴, Sanghyun Lee⁴, Jong Seok Lee⁵, Dae-Won Kim⁴

Affiliations

¹ School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea Division of Biosafety Evaluation and Control, Korea National Institute of Health, Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Chungbuk, Republic of Korea [email protected] [email protected].
² Department of Microbiology and Institute for Immunology and Immunological Diseases, Brain Korea 21 Plus Project for the Medical Sciences, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
³ Department of Environmental Medical Biology, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
⁴ Division of Biosafety Evaluation and Control, Korea National Institute of Health, Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Chungbuk, Republic of Korea.
⁵ International Tuberculosis Research Center, 236 Gaposunhwan-ro, Masanhappo-gu, Changwon, Republic of Korea [email protected] [email protected].

Abstract

Here, we describe the draft genome sequence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis KT-0184, from the Beijing family. This genome will provide insight into the evolution and adaptation of M. tuberculosis KT-0184 in human hosts.