Whole genome sequencing of Brucella melitensis isolated from 57 patients in Germany reveals high diversity in strains from Middle East

• Enrico Georgi,

  Affiliation Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology, Munich, Germany

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• Mathias C. Walter,

  Affiliation Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology, Munich, Germany

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• Marie-Theres Pfalzgraf,

  Affiliation Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology, Munich, Germany

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• Bernd H. Northoff,

  Affiliation Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany

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• Lesca M. Holdt,

  Affiliation Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany

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• Holger C. Scholz,

  Affiliations Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology, Munich, Germany, National Consultant Laboratory for Brucella, Munich, Germany

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• Lothar Zoeller,

  Affiliations Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology, Munich, Germany, National Consultant Laboratory for Brucella, Munich, Germany

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• Sabine Zange ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Sabine Zange, Markus H. Antwerpen

  Affiliations Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology, Munich, Germany, National Consultant Laboratory for Brucella, Munich, Germany

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• Markus H. Antwerpen

  Contributed equally to this work with: Sabine Zange, Markus H. Antwerpen

  * E-mail: markusantwerpen@bundeswehr.org

  Affiliation Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology, Munich, Germany

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4013-8808

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