title: First Draft Genome Sequence of Balamuthia mandrillaris, the Causative Agent of Amoebic Encephalitis.
abstract: The free-living amoeba Balamuthia mandrillaris is a rare but highly lethal agent of amoebic encephalitis in humans and many other mammalian species. Here, we announce the first draft genome sequence of the original 1990 isolate cultured from the brain of a deceased mandrill baboon.
authors.affiliation: Research Group Bioinformatics (NG4), Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany Division for Mycotic, Parasitic and Mycobacterial Diseases (FG16), Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: H
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0134-7618
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Detering
authors.affiliation: Division for Mycotic, Parasitic and Mycobacterial Diseases (FG16), Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Aebischer
authors.affiliation: Research Group Bioinformatics (NG4), Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany Centre for Biological Threats and Special Pathogens (ZBS1), Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: P W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Dabrowski
authors.affiliation: Centre for Biological Threats and Special Pathogens (ZBS1), Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Radonić
authors.affiliation: Centre for Biological Threats and Special Pathogens (ZBS1), Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nitsche
authors.affiliation: Research Group Bioinformatics (NG4), Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: B Y
authors.initials: BY
authors.lastname: Renard
authors.affiliation: Division for Mycotic, Parasitic and Mycobacterial Diseases (FG16), Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany kiderlena@rki.de.
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Kiderlen