Whole genomes from bacteria collected at diagnostic units around the world 2020.
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SUBMITTER: Nag S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10505216 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep
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Whole genomes from bacteria collected at diagnostic units around the world 2020.
Nag Sidsel S Larsen Gunhild G Szarvas Judit J Birkedahl Laura Elmlund Kohl LEK Gulyás Gábor Máté GM Ciok Wojchiech Jakub WJ Lagermann Timmie Mikkel TM Tafaj Silva S Bradbury Susan S Collignon Peter P Daley Denise D Dougnon Victorien V Fabiyi Kafayath K Coulibaly Boubacar B Dembélé René R Nikiema Georgette G Magloire Natama N Ouindgueta Isidore Juste IJ Hossain Zenat Zebin ZZ Begum Anowara A Donchev Deyan D Diggle Mathew M Turnbull LeeAnn L Lévesque Simon S Berlinger Livia L Sogaard Kirstine Kobberoe KK Guevara Paula Diaz PD Valderrama Carolina Duarte CD Maikanti Panagiota P Amlerova Jana J Drevinek Pavel P Tkadlec Jan J Dilas Milica M Kaasch Achim A Westh Henrik Torkil HT Bachtarzi Mohamed Azzedine MA Amhis Wahiba W Salazar Carolina Elisabeth Satán CES Villacis JoséEduardo J Lúzon Mária Angeles Dominguez MAD Palau Dámaris Berbel DB Duployez Claire C Paluche Maxime M Asante-Sefa Solomon S Moller Mie M Ip Margaret M Mareković Ivana I Pál-Sonnevend Agnes A Cocuzza Clementiza Elvezia CE Dambrauskiene Asta A Macanze Alexandre A Cossa Anelsio A Mandomando Inácio I Nwajiobi-Princewill Philip P Okeke Iruka N IN Kehinde Aderemi O AO Adebiyi Ini I Akintayo Ifeoluwa I Popoola Oluwafemi O Onipede Anthony A Blomfeldt Anita A Nyquist Nora Elisabeth NE Bocker Kiri K Ussher James J Ali Amjad A Ullah Nimat N Khan Habibullah H Gustafson Natalie Weiler NW Jarrar Ikhlas I Al-Hamad Arif A Luvira Viravarn V Paveenkittiporn Wantana W Baran Irmak I Mwansa James C L JCL Sikakwa Linda L Yamba Kaunda K Hendriksen Rene Sjogren RS Aarestrup Frank Moller FM
Scientific data 20230916 1
The Two Weeks in the World research project has resulted in a dataset of 3087 clinically relevant bacterial genomes with pertaining metadata, collected from 59 diagnostic units in 35 countries around the world during 2020. A relational database is available with metadata and summary data from selected bioinformatic analysis, such as species prediction and identification of acquired resistance genes. ...[more]
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