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

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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).

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Increased interest in the pathogenic potential of Yersinia pestis has emerged because of the potential threats from bioterrorism. Pathogenic potential is based on genetic factors present in a population of microbes, yet most studies evaluating the role of specific genes in virulence have used a limited number of strains. For Y. pestis this issue is complicated by the fact that most strains available for study in the Americas are clonally derived and thus genetically restricted, emanating from a strain of Y. pestis introduced into the United States in 1902 via marine shipping and subsequent spread of this strain throughout North and South America. In countries from the former Soviet Union (FSU), Mongolia, and China there are large areas of enzootic foci of Y. pestis infection containing genetically diverse strains that have been intensely studied by scientists in these countries. However, the results of these investigations are not generally known outside of these countries. Here we describe the variety of methods used in the FSU to classify Y. pestis strains based on genetic and phenotypic variation and show that there is a high level of diversity in these strains not reflected by ones obtained from sylvatic areas and patients in the Americas.

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Nineteen Whole-Genome Assemblies of Yersinia pestis subsp. microtus, Including Representatives of Biovars caucasica, talassica, hissarica, altaica, xilingolensis, and ulegeica

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The etiologic agent of plague, Yersinia pestis, includes two subspecies, of which Y. pestis subsp. microtus contains the strains that cause only occasional diseases in humans that are not accompanied by human-to-human transmission. Here, we report the draft genome sequences of 19 Y. pestis strains (across 6 biovars of Y. pestis subsp. microtus).

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Journal ID (nlm-ta): Genome Announc

Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Genome Announc

Journal ID (hwp): ga

Journal ID (pmc): ga

Journal ID (publisher-id): GA

Title: Genome Announcements

Publisher: American Society for Microbiology (1752 N St., N.W., Washington, DC )

ISSN (Electronic): 2169-8287

Publication date (Electronic): 24 August 2017

Publication date Collection: August 2017

Volume: 5

Issue: 34

Electronic Location Identifier: e00847-17

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State Research Center for Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Obolensk, Russia

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Address correspondence to Angelina A. Kislichkina, angelinakislichkina@ 123456yandex.ru , or Andrey P. Anisimov, anisimov@ 123456obolensk.org .

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Andrey P. Anisimov http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5499-7999

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Publisher ID: genomeA00847-17

DOI: 10.1128/genomeA.00847-17

PMC ID: 5571414

PubMed ID: 28839028

SO-VID: f636d1d1-5cae-40c5-8457-6d868783fd1f

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This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.

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Date received : 7 July 2017

Date accepted : 12 July 2017