Open AccessGenome Sequence of the Zoonotic Pathogen Chlamydophila psittaci
Author(s) -
Helena M. B. Seth-Smith,
Simon R. Harris,
Richard Rance,
Anthony P. West,
Juliëtte A. Severin,
Jacobus M. Ossewaarde,
Lesley T. Cutcliffe,
Rachel J. Skilton,
Pete Marsh,
Julian Parkhill,
Ian N. Clarke,
Nicholas R. Thomson
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of bacteriology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.652
H-Index - 246
eISSN - 1067-8832
pISSN - 0021-9193
DOI - 10.1128/jb.01435-10
Subject(s) - biology , chlamydiae , chlamydophila , chlamydia psittaci , chlamydiaceae , genome , whole genome sequencing , chlamydophila pneumoniae , pathogen , human pathogen , chlamydiales , virology , genetics , gene , chlamydia trachomatis , chlamydia
We present the first genome sequence ofChlamydophila psittaci , an intracellular pathogen of birds and a human zoonotic pathogen. A comparison with previously sequencedChlamydophila genomes shows that, as in other chlamydiae, most of the genome diversity is restricted to the plasticity zone. TheC. psittaci plasmid was also sequenced.