Genome sequencing and comparative analysis of three Chlamydia pecorum strains associated with different pathogenic outcomes

BMC Genomics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Sait, Michelle ^a,e   Livingstone, Morag ^a   Clark, Ewan M ^a,f   Wheelhouse, Nick ^a   Spalding, Lucy ^a   Markey, Bryan ^b   Magnino, Simone ^c   Lainson, Frederick A ^a   Myers, Garry S A ^d   Longbottom, David ^a  

^a MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA LOMBARDIA E DELL EMILIA ROMAGNA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^f BigDNA Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chlamydia pecorum; Clustered tandem repeats; Folate biosynthesis; Genome sequence; Plasticity zone; Polymorphic membrane proteins; Tryptophan metabolism

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTOTOXIN; FOLIC ACID; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

ANIMAL; BACTERIAL GENOME; BOVINAE; CACO 2 CELL LINE; CHLAMYDIA; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FECES; GENETICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; SHEEP; SYNOVIAL FLUID; TANDEM REPEAT;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CACO-2 CELLS; CATTLE; CHLAMYDIA; CYTOTOXINS; FECES; FOLIC ACID; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHEEP; SYNOVIAL FLUID; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 84892404329     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-23     Document Type: Article

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