Sequencing of the Chlamydophila psittaci ompA gene reveals a new genotype, E/B, and the need for a rapid discriminatory genotyping method.
Twenty-one avian Chlamydophila psittaci isolates from different European countries were characterized using ompA restriction fragment length polymorphism, ompA sequencing, and major outer membrane protein serotyping. Results reveal the presence of a new genotype, E/B, in several European countries and stress the need for a discriminatory rapid genotyping method.
Geens
Tom
T
Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Faculty of Agricultural and Applied Biological Sciences, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Ghent, Belgium. tom.geens@ugent.be
Desplanques
Ann
A
Van Loock
Marnix
M
Bönner
Brigitte M
BM
Kaleta
Erhard F
EF
Magnino
Simone
S
Andersen
Arthur A
AA
Everett
Karin D E
KD
Vanrompay
Daisy
D
D000818:Animals; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D001717:Birds; D002691:Chlamydophila psittaci / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005060:Europe; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012703:Serotyping / Q000379:methods
D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; C078167:OMPA outer membrane proteins