Complete genome sequence of a virulent barcoded Mycobacterium tuberculosis str. Erdman commonly used for non-human primate infection studies.

Abstract

Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the etiologic agent of tuberculosis (TB), which claims over a million lives per year. Here, we report the complete genome sequence of a virulent barcoded M. tuberculosis Erdman strain that has been used extensively for non-human primate infection research studies, characterized using long- and short-read technologies.