Next generation sequencing analysis of nine Corynebacterium ulcerans isolates reveals zoonotic transmission and a novel putative diphtheria toxin-encoding pathogenicity island

Table 1 Isolates used for sequencing in this study

Pair	Identifier	Host	Symptoms	G + C content	Assembled contigs	CDS
A	KL126	Human	Throat diphtheria-like disease	53%	41	2,264
A	08-1143	Pig	Asymptomatic	53%	33	2,274
B	KL246	Human	Throat diphtheria-like disease	53%	30	2,270
B	KL251	Cat	Asymptomatic	53%	30	2,272
B	KL252	Cat	Asymptomatic	53%	34	2,270
C	KL315	Human	Ulcus, lower leg	53%	34	2,276
C	KL318	Dog	Asymptomatic	53%	31	2,269
D	KL387	Human	Wound	53%	32	2,231
D	KL392	Cat	Asymptomatic	53%	38	2,304

Isolates analyzed in this study were derived from the NCLoD at the Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority. To our knowledge, the wounds of the patients from which the C. ulcerans were isolated were not caused by the animals. Additionally, given are the number of assembled contigs, their average G + C content and the number of predicted protein coding sequences (CDSs).

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