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MICROBIOLOGY-SGM
卷 161, 期 -, 页码 1378-1391出版社
MICROBIOLOGY SOC
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.000097
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- NIH [RO1 AI098843]
- UGARF Health Technology Development Fund
- UGA Infectious Disease Laboratory
- Advanced Molecular Detection (AMD) initiative at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Chlamydia psittaci is an obligate intracellular bacterium that can cause significant disease among a broad range of hosts. In humans, this organism may cause psittacosis, a respiratory disease that can spread to involve multiple organs, and in rare untreated cases may be fatal. There are ten known genotypes based on sequencing the major outer-membrane protein gene, ompA, of C. psittaci. Each genotype has overlapping host preferences and virulence characteristics. Recent studies have compared C. psittaci among other members of the Chlamydiaceae family and showed that this species frequently switches hosts and has undergone multiple genomic rearrangements. In this study, we sequenced five genomes of C. psittaci strains representing four genotypes, A, B, D and E. Due to the known association of the type III secretion system (T3SS) and polymorphic outer-membrane proteins (Pmps) with host tropism and virulence potential, we performed a comparative analysis of these elements among these five strains along with a representative genome from each of the remaining six genotypes previously sequenced. We found significant genetic variation in the Pmps and T3SS genes that may partially explain differences noted in C. psittaci host infection and disease.
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