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Complete Genome Assembly of Yersinia pestis subsp. pestis bv. Medievalis SCPM-O-B-6530, a Proline-Dependent Strain Isolated from the Central-Caucasian High-Mountain Plague Focus in Kabardino-Balkar Republic (Russia).

ABSTRACT: We report the complete genome assembly of Yersinia pestis subsp. pestis bv. Medievalis SCPM-O-B-6530, a strain belonging to the most ancient phylogenetic group (group 2.MED0) of Y. pestis subsp. pestis bv. Medievalis. This proline-dependent strain, carrying an additional plasmid (pCKF), was isolated from the Central-Caucasian high-mountain plague focus in Kabardino-Balkar Republic, Russia.

SUBMITTER: Kislichkina AA

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8759405 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

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Complete Genome Assembly of Yersinia pestis subsp. pestis bv. Medievalis SCPM-O-B-6530, a Proline-Dependent Strain Isolated from the Central-Caucasian High-Mountain Plague Focus in Kabardino-Balkar Republic (Russia).

Kislichkina Angelina A AA Mazurina Elizaveta M EM Platonov Mikhail E ME Skryabin Yury P YP Sizova Angelika A AA Solomentsev Viktor I VI Galkina Elena V EV Trunyakova Alexandra S AS Gapel'chenkova Tat'yana V TV Dentovskaya Svetlana V SV Bogun Alexandr G AG Anisimov Andrey P AP

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We report the complete genome assembly of Yersinia pestis subsp. pestis bv. Medievalis SCPM-O-B-6530, a strain belonging to the most ancient phylogenetic group (group 2.MED0) of Y. pestis subsp. pestis bv. Medievalis. This proline-dependent strain, carrying an additional plasmid (pCKF), was isolated from the Central-Caucasian high-mountain plague focus in Kabardino-Balkar Republic, Russia. ...[more]

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