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Systematic whole-genome sequencing reveals an unexpected diversity among actinomycetoma pathogens and provides insights into their antibacterial susceptibilities

• Andrew Keith Watson ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Andrew Keith Watson, Bernhard Kepplinger, Sahar Mubarak Bakhiet

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Bacterial Cell Biology, Biosciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

  ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3389-515X

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• Bernhard Kepplinger ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Andrew Keith Watson, Bernhard Kepplinger, Sahar Mubarak Bakhiet

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Bacterial Cell Biology, Biosciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

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• Sahar Mubarak Bakhiet ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Andrew Keith Watson, Bernhard Kepplinger, Sahar Mubarak Bakhiet

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources

  Affiliation The Mycetoma Research Centre, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan

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• Najwa Adam Mhmoud,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources

  Affiliation The Mycetoma Research Centre, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan

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• Jonathan Chapman,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources

  Affiliation Centre for Bacterial Cell Biology, Biosciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

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• Nick EE Allenby,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources

  Affiliation Odyssey Therapeutics Inc, The Biosphere, Draymans Way, Newcastle Helix, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

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• Katarzyna Mickiewicz,

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources

  Affiliation Centre for Bacterial Cell Biology, Biosciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

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• Michael Goodfellow,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

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• Ahmed Hassan Fahal ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ahfahal@hotmail.com (AHF); Jeff.Errington@newcastle.ac.uk (JH)

  Affiliation The Mycetoma Research Centre, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan

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• Jeff Errington

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ahfahal@hotmail.com (AHF); Jeff.Errington@newcastle.ac.uk (JH)

  Affiliation Centre for Bacterial Cell Biology, Biosciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

  ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6977-9388

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