Whole Genome Sequence Analysis of Mycobacterium bovis Cattle Isolates, Algeria.

ABSTRACT: Mycobacterium bovis (M. bovis), a Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex species responsible for tuberculosis in cattle and zoonotic tuberculosis in humans, is present in Algeria. In Algeria however, the M. bovis population structure is unknown, limiting understanding of the sources and transmission of bovine tuberculosis. In this study, we identified the whole genome sequence (WGS) of 13 M. bovis strains isolated from animals exhibiting lesions compatible with tuberculosis, which were slaughtered and inspected in five slaughterhouses in Algeria. We found that six isolates were grouped together with reference clinical strains of M. bovis genotype-Unknown2. One isolate was related to M. bovis genotype-Unknown7, one isolate was related to M. bo

SUBMITTER: Tazerart F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8308521 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature