Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Ongoing Genome Reduction in Mycobacterium ulcerans

Simona Rondini*¹, Michael Käser*¹, Timothy Stinear†², Michel Tessier‡, Cyrill Mangold‡, Gregor Dernick‡, Martin Naegeli*, Françoise Portaels§, Ulrich Certa‡, and Gerd Pluschke*

Author affiliations: *Swiss Tropical Institute, Basel, Switzerland; †Institut Pasteur, Paris, France; ‡F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., Basel, Switzerland; §Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium; 1These authors contributed equally to this work.; 2Current affiliation: Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia;

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Two distinct deletions in region of difference 3. Although deletion 3A represents a mere deletion event, the larger deletion 3B is associated with an insertion event. Neither 5’ nor 3’ ends are identical in the 2 deletions.

Figure 5. Two distinct deletions in region of difference 3. Although deletion 3A represents a mere deletion event, the larger deletion 3B is associated with an insertion event. Neither 5’ nor 3’ ends are identical in the 2 deletions.

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