title: Genome sequences of Mycoplasma alligatoris A21JP2T and Mycoplasma crocodyli MP145T.
abstract: Mycoplasma alligatoris and Mycoplasma crocodyli are closely related siblings, one being highly virulent and the other relatively attenuated. We compared their genomes to better understand the mechanisms and origins of M. alligatoris' remarkable virulence amid a clade of harmless or much less virulent species. Although its chromosome was refractory to closure, M. alligatoris differed most notably by its complement of sialidases and other genes of the N-acetylneuraminate scavenging and catabolism pathway.
authors: Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32608, USA. drbrown@ufl.edu
authors: D R
authors: DR
authors: Brown
authors: W G
authors: WG
authors: Farmerie
authors: M
authors: M
authors: May
authors: G A
authors: GA
authors: Benders
authors: A S
authors: AS
authors: Durkin
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Hlavinka
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Hostetler
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Jackson
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Johnson
authors: R H
authors: RH
authors: Miller
authors: V
authors: V
authors: Paralanov
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Radune
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Szczypinski
authors: J I
authors: JI
authors: Glass
mesh_terms: D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics*; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D053858:Metabolic Networks and Pathways / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009174:Mycoplasma / Q000235:genetics* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014774:Virulence
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial