We thank the following departments and institutes for the Brucella genome sequences that were used in this study: Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China (accession number: GCA_000331655), Academy of Military Medical Science, China (accession Number: GCA_000250835, GCA_000250815, GCA_000250795, GCA_000250775, GCA_000250795), Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (accession number: GCA_000022625), Biocomplexity Institute of Virginia Tech (accession number: GCA_001715485, GCA_001715465), Los Alamos National Laboratory Institute (accession number: GCA_000740415, GCA_000740395, GCA_000740355), Beijing Institute of Disease Control and Prevention (accession number: GCA_000298595, GCA_000292165, GCA_000292085, GCA_000298615, GCA_000292065), MRIGlobal (accession number: GCA_001608355, GCA_001608425, GCA_000988815), Shanghai JiaoTong University School of Medicine (accession number GCA_001431745), Integrated Genomics (accession number GCA_000007125), Kuwait University (accession number GCA_001702375, GCA_001702335, GCA_001702315, GCA_001702305, GCA_001702255), Chinese Academy of Science (accession number: GCA_000209615, GCA_000209595, GCA_000209575), Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (accession number: GCA_000348645), Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (accession number: GCA_000192725, GCA_000192885), Chinese Agricultural University (accession number: GCA_000227645), Department of Virology, Molecular Biology and Genome Research, NCDC (accession number: GCA_001856295, GCA_001856295, GCA_001856365), Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University (accession number: GCA_001857585), Madurai Kamaraj University (accession number: GCA_000444515), National Institute of Animal Biotechnology (accession number: GCA_000685375), Broad Institute (accession number: GCA_000366865, GCA_000365865, GCA_000370625, GCA_000160295, GCA_000158695, GCA_000182235, GCA_000158735, GCA_000366625, GCA_000366885, GCA_000366905, GCA_000370645, GCA_000366925, GCA_000370665, GCA_000365845, GCA_000366945, GCA_000366965, GCA_000366985, GCA_000367005, GCA_000370685, GCA_000370705, GCA_000370725, GCA_000367045, GCA_000370745, GCA_000366585, GCA_000370765, GCA_000370785, GCA_000370805, GCA_000370825, GCA_000370845, GCA_000370865, GCA_000480215, GCA_000479975, GCA_000480095, GCA_000366845, GCA_000367025) and Tropical Infectious Diseases Research and Education Centre, University of Malaya (accession number: GCA_000940435, GCA_000938035).
Availability of data and materials
The datasets generated and/or analysed during the current study are available in the GenBank repository, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genbank/. Accession number: GCA_000331655, GCA_000250835, GCA_000250815, GCA_000250795, GCA_000250775, GCA_000250795, GCA_000022625, GCA_001715485, GCA_001715465, GCA_000740415, GCA_000740395, GCA_000740355, GCA_000298595, GCA_000292165, GCA_000292085, GCA_000298615, GCA_000292065, GCA_001608355, GCA_001608425, GCA_000988815, GCA_001431745, GCA_000007125, GCA_001702375, GCA_001702335, GCA_001702315, GCA_001702305, GCA_001702255, GCA_000209615, GCA_000209595, GCA_000209575, GCA_000348645, GCA_000192725, GCA_000192885, GCA_000227645, GCA_001856295, GCA_001856295, GCA_001856365, GCA_001857585, GCA_000444515, GCA_000685375, GCA_000366865, GCA_000365865, GCA_000370625, GCA_000160295, GCA_000158695, GCA_000182235, GCA_000158735, GCA_000366625, GCA_000366885, GCA_000366905, GCA_000370645, GCA_000366925, GCA_000370665, GCA_000365845, GCA_000366945, GCA_000366965, GCA_000366985, GCA_000367005, GCA_000370685, GCA_000370705, GCA_000370725, GCA_000367045, GCA_000370745, GCA_000366585, GCA_000370765, GCA_000370785, GCA_000370805, GCA_000370825, GCA_000370845, GCA_000370865, GCA_000480215, GCA_000479975, GCA_000480095, GCA_000366845, GCA_000367025, GCA_000940435, GCA_000938035, GCA_002631235, GCA_002278585, GCA_002278675, GCA_002266775, GCA_002278575, GCA_002278735, GCA_002266785, GCA_002278695, GCA_002266765, GCA_002278715, GCA_002266745.