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Comparisons of genome assembly tools for characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis genomes using hybrid sequencing technologies.
PeerJ - 1 Jan 2024
Trisakul Kanwara, Hinwan Yothin, Eisiri Jukgarin, Salao Kanin, Chaiprasert Angkana, Kamolwat Phalin, Tongsima Sissades, Campino Susana, Phelan Jody, Clark Taane G, Faksri Kiatichai
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Background: Next-generation sequencing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the infectious agent causing tuberculosis, is improving the understanding of genomic diversity of circulating lineages and strain-types, and informing knowledge of drug resistance mutations. An increasingly popular approach to characterizing M. tuberculosis genomes (size: 4.4 Mbp) and variants (e.g., single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs))...
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