Sequencing of Mycobacterium marinum strains

Micobacterium marinum is an aquatic free living bacterium that causes tubercular infections in fishes and amphibians. This is also an important human pathogen causing chronic skin infections in immunocompromised individuals. The current project is for comparing the genomic features of three M. marinum strains that are used in laboratory research for genetic and infection studies. The strains are : a) M. marinum 1218 R, b) M. marinum M-USA and c) M. marinum E11 Additionally, we have sequenced a derivative of M. marinum 1218R that is generated in our lab to compare its sequence features with the wild-type strains.