First Whole-Genome Sequence of Mycobacterium iranicum, a Newly Reported Mycobacterial Species

Joon Liang Tan; Hien Fuh Ng; Wei Yee Wee; Mia Yang Ang; Guat Jah Wong; Yun Fong Ngeow; Siew Woh Choo

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00732-13

First Whole-Genome Sequence of Mycobacterium iranicum, a Newly Reported Mycobacterial Species

Genome Announc. 2013 Sep 26;1(5):e00732-13. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00732-13.

Authors

Joon Liang Tan¹, Hien Fuh Ng, Wei Yee Wee, Mia Yang Ang, Guat Jah Wong, Yun Fong Ngeow, Siew Woh Choo

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Abstract

Mycobacterium iranicum is a new species of nontuberculous mycobacterium reported in 2013. Here, we describe the first whole-genome sequence of this species, that of M. iranicum strain UM_TJL, isolated from a patient in Malaysia.