title: Complete genome sequence of Salmonella enterica serovar pullorum RKS5078.
abstract: Salmonella enterica serovar Pullorum is a chicken-adapted pathogen, causing pullorum disease. Its strict host adaptation has been suspected to result in gene decay. To validate this hypothesis and identify the decayed genes, we sequenced the complete genome of S. Pullorum RKS5078. We found 263 pseudogenes in this strain and conducted functional analyses of the decayed genes.
authors.affiliation: Genomics Research Center, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China.
authors.forename: Ye
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: Hua-Feng
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Qing-Hai
authors.initials: QH
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Si-Yao
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Chun-Xiao
authors.initials: CX
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Da-Ling
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Feng-Lin
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: Yong-Guo
authors.initials: YG
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Randal N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Johnston
authors.forename: Jin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Gui-Rong
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Shu-Lin
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D002645:Chickens; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D012481:Salmonella Infections, Animal / Q000382:microbiology*; D019779:Salmonella enterica / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins