Whole-genome assemblies of 56 burkholderia species

H E Daligault; K W Davenport; T D Minogue; K A Bishop-Lilly; S M Broomall; D C Bruce; P S Chain; S R Coyne; K G Frey; H S Gibbons; J Jaissle; G I Koroleva; J T Ladner; C-C Lo; C Munk; G F Palacios; C L Redden; C N Rosenzweig; M B Scholz; S L Johnson

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01106-14

Whole-genome assemblies of 56 burkholderia species

Genome Announc. 2014 Nov 20;2(6):e01106-14. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01106-14.

Authors

H E Daligault¹, K W Davenport¹, T D Minogue², K A Bishop-Lilly, S M Broomall³, D C Bruce¹, P S Chain¹, S R Coyne², K G Frey, H S Gibbons³, J Jaissle², G I Koroleva⁴, J T Ladner⁴, C-C Lo¹, C Munk¹, G F Palacios⁴, C L Redden, C N Rosenzweig³, M B Scholz¹, S L Johnson⁵

Affiliations

¹ Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA.
² Diagnostic Systems Division (DSD), United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), Fort Detrick, Maryland, USA.
³ United States Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center (ECBC), Aberdeen Proving Ground, Aberdeen, Maryland, USA.
⁴ Center for Genome Sciences (CGS), USAMRIID, Fort Detrick, Maryland, USA.
⁵ Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA shannonj@lanl.gov.

Abstract

Burkholderia is a genus of betaproteobacteria that includes three notable human pathogens: B. cepacia, B. pseudomallei, and B. mallei. While B. pseudomallei and B. mallei are considered potential biowarfare agents, B. cepacia infections are largely limited to cystic fibrosis patients. Here, we present 56 Burkholderia genomes from 8 distinct species.