Complete microbial genomes for public health in australia and the southwest Pacific

SL Baines; AG da Silva; GP Carter; A Jennison; I Rathnayake; RM Graham; V Sintchenko; Q Wang; RJ Rockett; VJ Timms; E Martinez; S Ballard; T Tomita; N Isles; KA Horan; W Pitchers; TP Stinear; DA Williamson; BP Howden; T Seemann

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Complete microbial genomes for public health in australia and the southwest Pacific

SL Baines, AG da Silva, GP Carter, A Jennison, I Rathnayake, RM Graham, V Sintchenko, Q Wang, RJ Rockett, VJ Timms, E Martinez, S Ballard, T Tomita, N Isles, KA Horan, W Pitchers, TP Stinear, DA Williamson, BP Howden, T Seemann

Microbial Genomics | MICROBIOLOGY SOC | Published : 2020

DOI: 10.1099/mgen.0.000471

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Abstract

Complete genomes of microbial pathogens are essential for the phylogenomic analyses that increasingly underpin core public health laboratory activities. Here, we announce a BioProject (PRJNA556438) dedicated to sharing complete genomes chosen to represent a range of pathogenic bacteria with regional importance to Australia and the Southwest Pacific; enriching the catalogue of globally available complete genomes for public health while providing valuable strains to regional public health microbiology laboratories. In this first step, we present 26 complete high-quality bacterial genomes. Additionally, we describe here a framework for reconstructing complete microbial genomes and highlight som..

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This study was funded by a grant from the Department of Health of the Australian Federal Government to the Communicable Diseases Genomics Network (CDGN).