First Draft Genome Sequences of Malaysian Clinical Isolates of Corynebacterium diphtheriae

Norazah Ahmad; Shirley Yi Fen Hii; Mohd Khairul Nizam Mohd Khalid; Muhammad Adib Abd Wahab; Rohaidah Hashim; Soo Nee Tang; Yii Ling Liow; Hazwani Hamzah; Nurul Ain Dahalan; Valentinus Seradja

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01670-16

First Draft Genome Sequences of Malaysian Clinical Isolates of Corynebacterium diphtheriae

Genome Announc. 2017 Mar 2;5(9):e01670-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01670-16.

Affiliations

¹ Bacteriology Unit, Infectious Diseases Research Centre, Institute for Medical Research, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
² Bacteriology Unit, Infectious Diseases Research Centre, Institute for Medical Research, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia [email protected].
³ Molecular Diagnostics and Protein Unit, Specialised Diagnostics Centre, Institute for Medical Research, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Abstract

Corynebacterium diphtheriae has caused multiple isolated diphtheria cases in Malaysia over the years. Here, we report the first draft genome sequences of 15 Malaysia C. diphtheriae clinical isolates collected from the years 1981 to 2016.