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Genome Sequence of Chlamydia psittaci Strain 01DC12 Originating from Swine
Helena M B Seth-Smith1, Michelle Sait, Konrad Sachse
1Pathogen Genomics, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom.
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|February 14, 2013
Abstract:
Chlamydia psittaci is the etiological agent of psittacosis and is a zoonotic pathogen infecting birds and a variety of mammalian hosts. Here we report the genome sequence of the porcine strain 01DC12 which is representative of a novel clade of C. psittaci belonging to ompA genotype E.
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