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Draft Genome Sequences of Yersinia pestis Strains from the 1994 Plague Epidemic of Surat and 2002 Shimla Outbreak in India

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We report the first draft genome sequences of the strains of plague-causing bacteria, Yersinia pestis, from India. These include two strains from the Surat epidemic (1994), one strain from the Shimla outbreak (2002) and one strain from the plague surveillance activity in the Deccan plateau region (1998). Genome size for all four strains is ~4.49 million bp with 139–147 contigs. Average sequencing depth for all four genomes was 21x.

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Acknowledgments

KNM is the recipient of a post-doctoral fellowship (DBT-RA program) from the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India. The work was funded by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India; Microbial Culture Collection Project.

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  1. Microbial Culture Collection, National Centre for Cell Science, University of Pune Campus, GaneshKhind, Pune, 411007, Maharashtra, India

    Kiran N. Mahale, Pradyumna S. Paranjape, Nachiket P. Marathe, Dhiraj P. Dhotre, Somak Chowdhury, Sudarshan A. Shetty, Avinash Sharma, Kaushal Sharma & Yogesh S. Shouche

  2. Microbiology Division, Defence Research and Development Establishment, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India

    Urmil Tuteja

  3. Microbiology Division, Defence Food Research Laboratory, Mysore, Karnataka, India

    Harsh V. Batra

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Mahale, K.N., Paranjape, P.S., Marathe, N.P. et al. Draft Genome Sequences of Yersinia pestis Strains from the 1994 Plague Epidemic of Surat and 2002 Shimla Outbreak in India. Indian J Microbiol 54, 480–482 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12088-014-0475-7

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