Genome Sequencing of a Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 Isolate from Iraq

Nihad A M Al-Rashedi; Danilo Licastro; Sreejith Rajasekharan; Simeone Dal Monego; Alessandro Marcello; Murad G Munahi; Basel Saber Odda; Yasir Adil Jabbar Alabdali; Laith A H ALObaidi; Ali Jasim; Ibrahem A Abdulzahra; Karar Kadhim; Ali Awad; Mohamed Bachay

doi:10.1128/MRA.01316-20

Genome Sequencing of a Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 Isolate from Iraq

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2021 Jan 28;10(4):e01316-20. doi: 10.1128/MRA.01316-20.

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biology, College of Science, Al-Muthanna University, Samawah, Iraq nhidaee@mu.edu.iq.
² RGO Open Lab Platform for Genome Sequencing, Trieste, Italy.
³ Laboratory of Molecular Virology, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), Trieste, Italy.
⁴ Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Al-Muthanna University, Samawah, Iraq.
⁵ Department of Public Health, Al-Muthanna Health Directorate, Samawah, Iraq.
⁶ Department of Biology, College of Science, Al-Muthanna University, Samawah, Iraq.

Abstract

The coding-complete genome sequence of a severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) strain isolated from an Iraqi patient was sequenced for the first-time using Illumina MiSeq technology. There was a D614G mutation in the spike protein-coding sequence. This report is valuable for better understanding the spread of the virus in Iraq.