title: Genetic relationships among reptilian and mammalian Campylobacter fetus strains determined by multilocus sequence typing.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Nuffield Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, Oxford University, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DU, United Kingdom. kate.dingle@ndcls.ox.ac.uk
authors.forename: Kate E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Dingle
authors.forename: Martin J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Blaser
authors.forename: Zheng-Chao
authors.initials: ZC
authors.lastname: Tu
authors.forename: Janet
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pruckler
authors.forename: Collette
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fitzgerald
authors.forename: Marcel A P
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: van Bergen
authors.forename: Andrew J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Lawson
authors.forename: Robert J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Owen
authors.forename: Jaap A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Wagenaar
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial