Whole-Genome Shotgun Sequencing of the First Observation of Neisseria meningitidis Sequence Type 6928 in India.
Neisseria meningitidis is one of the leading global causes of bacterial meningitis. Here, we discuss the draft genome sequences of two N. meningitidis strains, isolated from bloodstream infections in two pediatric patients at a tertiary care hospital in South India. The sequence data indicate that strains VB13856 and VB15548 encode genomes of ~2.09 Mb in size with no plasmids.
Department of Clinical Microbiology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India vbalaji@cmcvellore.ac.in.
Balaji
B
Veeraraghavan
Department of Clinical Microbiology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
Ayyan Raj
AR
Neeravi
Department of Clinical Microbiology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
Naveen Kumar
NK
Devanga Ragupathi
Department of Clinical Microbiology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
Francis Yesurajan
FY
Inbanathan
Department of Clinical Microbiology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
Agila Kumari
AK
Pragasam
Department of Child Health, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
Valsan Philip
VP
Verghese