Draft genome sequences of evolutionary distant Yersinia species representatives

Amanda Brady; Taylor M Garrison; Robert K Ernst; David A Rasko; Matthew B Lawrenz

doi:10.1128/mra.00996-24

Draft genome sequences of evolutionary distant Yersinia species representatives

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2024 Dec 10:e0099624. doi: 10.1128/mra.00996-24. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Amanda Brady¹, Taylor M Garrison¹, Robert K Ernst^{2

3}, David A Rasko^{2

3

4

5}, Matthew B Lawrenz^{1

6}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, USA.
² Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, University of Maryland - Baltimore, School of Dentistry, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
³ Center for Pathogen Research, University of Maryland - Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
⁴ Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland - Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
⁵ Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland - Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
⁶ Center for Predictive Medicine for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, USA.

PMID: 39655931
DOI: 10.1128/mra.00996-24

Abstract

Yersinia pestis is the etiological agent of human plague. However, certain evolutionarily divergent subspecies have different host specificities and virulence capacity compared to the more commonly studied strains with pandemic potential. This resource examines 10 diverse isolates representing some of the most understudied subspecies commonly referred to as Yersinia pestis Pestoides.

Keywords: Pestoides; Yersinia pestis; genome sequencing.

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