Complete genome sequence data for Mycobacterium sp. Panama NTM2, an isolate recovered from a tuberculosis patient in Panama

Puntos clave

• The aim is to present and characterize the complete genome sequence of Mycobacterium sp. Panama NTM2.
• Isolated from a sputum sample of a tuberculosis patient.
• Genome assembly resulted in 5 contigs and 5,703 protein-coding genes.
• FastANI analysis identified a close relative.
• The genome is 5,922,402 base pairs with 68% GC content.
• Mycobacterium kyogaense was identified as the closest relative with 88.13% ANI.
• Panama NTM2 is suggested to represent a novel species.