title: Draft Genome Sequence of New Leprosy Agent Mycobacterium lepromatosis.
abstract: Mycobacterium lepromatosis is a newly discovered cause of leprosy. Here, we present a near-complete genome of M. lepromatosis from strain FJ924 obtained from a patient who died of leprosy. The genome contained 3,215,823 nucleotides and matched ~87% with the Mycobacterium leprae genome. This genome is likely the smallest of all mycobacterial genomes known to date.
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA xhan@mdanderson.org.
authors.forename: Xiang Y
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Han
authors.affiliation: Department of Bioinformatics, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: Nipun A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Mistry
authors.affiliation: Sequencing and Microarray Facility, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: Erika J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.affiliation: Sequencing and Microarray Facility, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: Hong-Li
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.affiliation: Sequencing and Microarray Facility, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: Kanhav
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Khanna
authors.affiliation: Department of Bioinformatics, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang