A complete nanonpore-only assembly of an XDR Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing lineage strain identifies novel genetic variation in repetitive PE/PPE gene regions
Arnold Bainomugisa, Tânia Duarte, Evelyn Lavu, Sushil Kumar Pandey, Chris Coulter, Ben J. Marais, Lachlan Coin
The paper assembles a complete genome of an XDR M. tuberculosis strain using Nanopore sequencing, identifies novel genetic variations in repetitive PE/PPE regions, and links these to drug resistance and virulence.
Microbial Genomics · Jun 15, 2018Peer-reviewedGenomics