title: Sequencing of the Chlamydophila psittaci ompA gene reveals a new genotype, E/B, and the need for a rapid discriminatory genotyping method.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Faculty of Agricultural and Applied Biological Sciences, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Ghent, Belgium. tom.geens@ugent.be
authors.forename: Tom
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Geens
authors.forename: Ann
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Desplanques
authors.forename: Marnix
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Van Loock
authors.forename: Brigitte M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Bönner
authors.forename: Erhard F
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Kaleta
authors.forename: Simone
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Magnino
authors.forename: Arthur A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Andersen
authors.forename: Karin D E
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Everett
authors.forename: Daisy
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vanrompay
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; C078167:OMPA outer membrane proteins