Abstract
We report a draft genome sequence of Mycobacterium bovis strain SP38, isolated from the lungs of a cow in Brazil. The assembly of reads resulted in 36 contigs in a total of approximately 4.37 Mb. Comparison of M. bovis strains sequenced to date will aid in understanding bovine tuberculosis in Brazil.
Highlights
We report a draft genome sequence of Mycobacterium bovis strain SP38, isolated from the lungs of a cow in Brazil
BLASTclust [4] was used to identify paralogous gene families (PGF) and predicted protein-coding sequences (CDSs) were compared to a set of proteins previously identified in the Brazilian and United Kingdom PPD [5] using BLAST [6]
Orthologous CDSs to all 116 PPDs were identified in the M. bovis strain SP38 and M. tuberculosis strain H37Rv
Summary
We report a draft genome sequence of Mycobacterium bovis strain SP38, isolated from the lungs of a cow in Brazil. Mycobacterium bovis is the causative agent of bovine tuberculosis, an OIE (World Organisation for Animal Health) notifiable disease, responsible for major economic losses in livestock. Bovine tuberculosis is a contagious, infectious disease that can affect several domestic and wild animals besides human beings.
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