title: Genome sequence of the zoonotic pathogen Chlamydophila psittaci.
abstract: We present the first genome sequence of Chlamydophila psittaci, an intracellular pathogen of birds and a human zoonotic pathogen. A comparison with previously sequenced Chlamydophila genomes shows that, as in other chlamydiae, most of the genome diversity is restricted to the plasticity zone. The C. psittaci plasmid was also sequenced.
authors.affiliation: Pathogen Genomics, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridgeshire, UK.
authors.forename: Helena M B
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Seth-Smith
authors.forename: Simon R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Harris
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rance
authors.forename: Anthony P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: West
authors.forename: Juliette A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Severin
authors.forename: Jacobus M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Ossewaarde
authors.forename: Lesley T
authors.initials: LT
authors.lastname: Cutcliffe
authors.forename: Rachel J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Skilton
authors.forename: Pete
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Marsh
authors.forename: Julian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Parkhill
authors.forename: Ian N
authors.initials: IN
authors.lastname: Clarke
authors.forename: Nicholas R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Thomson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002691:Chlamydophila psittaci / Q000235:genetics*; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009956:Psittacosis / Q000382:microbiology; D015047:Zoonoses