title: Draft Genome Sequence of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Pathogen M. mungi, Identified in a Banded Mongoose (Mungos mungo) in Northern Botswana.
abstract: Mycobacterium mungi, a Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex pathogen, has emerged in banded mongoose in northern Botswana and Northwest Zimbabwe. The pathogen is transmitted through infected secretions used in olfactory communication behavior (K. A. Alexander, C. E. Sanderson, M. H. Larsen, S. Robbe-Austerman, M. C. Williams, and M. V. Palmer, mBio 7(3):e00281-16, 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00281-16). We announce here the draft genome sequence of this emerging pathogen.
authors.affiliation: Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA CARACAL, Centre for Conservation of African Resources, Animals, Communities, and Land Use, Kasane, Botswana kathyalx@vt.edu.
authors.forename: Kathleen A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Alexander
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Michelle H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Larsen
authors.affiliation: Diagnostic Bacteriology Laboratory, National Veterinary Services Laboratories, Ames, Iowa, USA.
authors.forename: Suelee
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Robbe-Austerman
authors.affiliation: Diagnostic Bacteriology Laboratory, National Veterinary Services Laboratories, Ames, Iowa, USA.
authors.forename: Tod P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Stuber
authors.affiliation: Diagnostic Bacteriology Laboratory, National Veterinary Services Laboratories, Ames, Iowa, USA.
authors.forename: Patrick M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Camp