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Eight Whole-Genome Assemblies of Yersinia pestis subsp. microtus bv. caucasica Isolated from the Common Vole (Microtus arvalis) Plague Focus in Dagestan, Russia.

ABSTRACT: We here report the draft genome sequences of 8 Yersinia pestis subsp. microtus bv. caucasica strains isolated from the East Caucasian (previous name, Dagestan) mountain focus (no. 39), representing the most ancient branch of the 0.PE2 phylogroup circulating in populations of common voles (Microtus arvalis).

SUBMITTER: Kislichkina AA

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5571414 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Eight Whole-Genome Assemblies of Yersinia pestis subsp. microtus bv. caucasica Isolated from the Common Vole (Microtus arvalis) Plague Focus in Dagestan, Russia.

Kislichkina Angelina A AA Bogun Aleksandr G AG Kadnikova Lidiya A LA Maiskaya Nadezhda V NV Solomentsev Viktor I VI Platonov Mikhail E ME Dentovskaya Svetlana V SV Anisimov Andrey P AP

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We here report the draft genome sequences of 8 Yersinia pestis subsp. microtus bv. caucasica strains isolated from the East Caucasian (previous name, Dagestan) mountain focus (no. 39), representing the most ancient branch of the 0.PE2 phylogroup circulating in populations of common voles (Microtus arvalis). ...[more]

PMID: 28839028

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