title: Genome Comparison of an Ancestral Isolate and a Modern Isolate of Mycobacterium tuberculosis of the Beijing Lineage from São Paulo, Brazil.
abstract: Mycobacterium tuberculosis of the Bejing subtype (MtbB) is transmitted efficiently in high burden countries for this genotype. A higher virulence was associated with isolates of the "modern" Beijing genotype sub-lineages when compared to "ancient" ones. Here, we report the full genomes of the strain representing these two genotypes from Brazil, a country with a low incidence of MtbB.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Molecular Biology Applied to Mycobacteria, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil lialimagomes@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Lia Lima
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Gomes
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Molecular Genetics of Microorganisms, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: Michel Abanto
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Marin
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Biology of Recognition, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense, Campos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lasunskaia
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Molecular Biology Applied to Mycobacteria, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: Sidra Ezidio Gonçalves
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Vasconcellos
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Molecular Biology Applied to Mycobacteria, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: Marcelo Emanuel Ivens de
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Araujo
authors.affiliation: Pole Computational Biology and Systems, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: Antonio Basílio
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: de Miranda
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Molecular Biology Applied to Mycobacteria, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: Philip Noel
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Suffys