title: Draft Genome Sequences of Yersinia pestis Strains from the 1994 Plague Epidemic of Surat and 2002 Shimla Outbreak in India.
abstract: We report the first draft genome sequences of the strains of plague-causing bacteria, Yersinia pestis, from India. These include two strains from the Surat epidemic (1994), one strain from the Shimla outbreak (2002) and one strain from the plague surveillance activity in the Deccan plateau region (1998). Genome size for all four strains is ~4.49 million bp with 139-147 contigs. Average sequencing depth for all four genomes was 21x.
authors.affiliation: Microbial Culture Collection, National Centre for Cell Science, University of Pune Campus, GaneshKhind, Pune, 411007 Maharashtra India.
authors.forename: Kiran N
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Mahale
authors.affiliation: Microbial Culture Collection, National Centre for Cell Science, University of Pune Campus, GaneshKhind, Pune, 411007 Maharashtra India.
authors.forename: Pradyumna S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Paranjape
authors.affiliation: Microbial Culture Collection, National Centre for Cell Science, University of Pune Campus, GaneshKhind, Pune, 411007 Maharashtra India.
authors.forename: Nachiket P
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Marathe
authors.affiliation: Microbial Culture Collection, National Centre for Cell Science, University of Pune Campus, GaneshKhind, Pune, 411007 Maharashtra India.
authors.forename: Dhiraj P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Dhotre
authors.affiliation: Microbial Culture Collection, National Centre for Cell Science, University of Pune Campus, GaneshKhind, Pune, 411007 Maharashtra India.
authors.forename: Somak
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chowdhury
authors.affiliation: Microbial Culture Collection, National Centre for Cell Science, University of Pune Campus, GaneshKhind, Pune, 411007 Maharashtra India.
authors.forename: Sudarshan A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Shetty
authors.affiliation: Microbial Culture Collection, National Centre for Cell Science, University of Pune Campus, GaneshKhind, Pune, 411007 Maharashtra India.
authors.forename: Avinash
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.affiliation: Microbial Culture Collection, National Centre for Cell Science, University of Pune Campus, GaneshKhind, Pune, 411007 Maharashtra India.
authors.forename: Kaushal
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.affiliation: Microbiology Division, Defence Research and Development Establishment, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh India.
authors.forename: Urmil
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Tuteja
authors.affiliation: Microbiology Division, Defence Food Research Laboratory, Mysore, Karnataka India.
authors.forename: Harsh V
authors.initials: HV
authors.lastname: Batra
authors.affiliation: Microbial Culture Collection, National Centre for Cell Science, University of Pune Campus, GaneshKhind, Pune, 411007 Maharashtra India.
authors.forename: Yogesh S
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Shouche
keywords: IonTorrent; NGS, next generation sequencing; Plague; Shimla; Surat