title: Whole-genome sequence of the hypervirulent clinical strain Mycobacterium intracellulare M.i.198.
abstract: We report herein the draft genome sequence of Mycobacterium intracellulare clinical strain M.i.198, which consistently exhibits hypervirulence in human patients, human macrophages in vitro, and immunocompetent mice.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bacteriology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan. y-tateishi@med.osaka-cu.ac.jp
authors.forename: Yoshitaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tateishi
authors.forename: Seigo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kitada
authors.forename: Keisuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Miki
authors.forename: Ryoji
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Maekura
authors.forename: Yoshitoshi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ogura
authors.forename: Yuriko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ozeki
authors.forename: Yukiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nishiuchi
authors.forename: Mamiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Niki
authors.forename: Tetsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: Kazuto
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hirata
authors.forename: Kazuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Sohkichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D008264:Macrophages / Q000382:microbiology; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015269:Mycobacterium avium Complex / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D015270:Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection / Q000382:microbiology*; D014774:Virulence