title: First Report on the Draft Genome Sequences of Corynebacterium diphtheriae Isolates from India.
abstract: We report here the draft genome sequences of five Corynebacterium diphtheriae isolates of Indian origin. The C. diphtheriae isolates TH1141, TH510, TH1526, TH1337, and TH2031 belong to sequence type ST-50, ST-295, ST-377, ST-405, and ST-405, with an average genome size of 2.5 Mbp.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Microbiology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India vbalaji@cmcvellore.ac.in.
authors.forename: Balaji
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Veeraraghavan
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Microbiology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Shalini
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Anandan
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Microbiology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Suresh Kumar
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Rajamani Sekar
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Microbiology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Radha
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gopi
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Microbiology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Naveen Kumar
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Devanga Ragupathi
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Microbiology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Srilekha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ramesh
authors.affiliation: Department of Child Health, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Valsan Philip
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: Verghese
authors.affiliation: Department of Child Health, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Sophy
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Korulla
authors.affiliation: Department of Child Health, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mathai
authors.affiliation: World Health Organisation, Country office, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Lucky
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sangal
authors.affiliation: World Health Organisation, Country office, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Sudhir
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Joshi