Genetic relationships among reptilian and mammalian Campylobacter fetus strains determined by multilocus sequence typing.
Reptile Campylobacter fetus isolates and closely related strains causing human disease were characterized by multilocus sequence typing. They shared approximately 90% nucleotide sequence identity with classical mammalian C. fetus, and there was evidence of recombination among members of these two groups. The reptile group represents a possible separate genomospecies capable of infecting humans.
Dingle
Kate E
KE
Nuffield Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, Oxford University, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DU, United Kingdom. kate.dingle@ndcls.ox.ac.uk
Blaser
Martin J
MJ
Tu
Zheng-Chao
ZC
Pruckler
Janet
J
Fitzgerald
Collette
C
van Bergen
Marcel A P
MA
Lawson
Andrew J
AJ
Owen
Robert J
RJ
Wagenaar
Jaap A
JA
D000818:Animals; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D002168:Campylobacter fetus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D008116:Lizards / Q000382:microbiology*; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012911:Snakes / Q000382:microbiology*; D014426:Turtles / Q000382:microbiology*
D004269:DNA, Bacterial