title: Genome Assemblies for 11 Yersinia pestis Strains Isolated in the Caucasus Region.
abstract: Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of plague, is endemic to the Caucasus region but few reference strain genome sequences from that region are available. Here, we present the improved draft or finished assembled genomes from 11 strains isolated in the nation of Georgia and surrounding countries.
authors.affiliation: National Center for Disease Control and Public Health (NCDC), Tbilisi, Georgia.
authors.forename: Ekaterine
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Zhgenti
authors.affiliation: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA shannonj@lanl.gov.
authors.forename: Shannon L
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3972-9208
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.affiliation: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA.
authors.forename: Karen W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Davenport
authors.affiliation: National Center for Disease Control and Public Health (NCDC), Tbilisi, Georgia.
authors.forename: Gvantsa
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chanturia
authors.affiliation: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA.
authors.forename: Hajnalka E
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Daligault
authors.affiliation: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA.
authors.forename: Patrick S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Chain
authors.affiliation: Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR), Silver Spring, Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: Mikeljon P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Nikolich