title: Genome sequence of "Candidatus Mycoplasma haemolamae" strain purdue, a red blood cell pathogen of alpacas (Vicugna pacos) and llamas (Lama glama).
abstract: We report the complete genome sequence of "Candidatus Mycoplasma haemolamae," an endemic red-cell pathogen of camelids. The single, circular chromosome has 756,845 bp, a 39.3% G+C content, and 925 coding sequences (CDSs). A great proportion (49.1%) of these CDSs are organized into paralogous gene families, which can now be further explored with regard to antigenic variation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Comparative Pathobiology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA. anamsg@purdue.edu
authors.forename: Ana M S
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Guimaraes
authors.forename: Balazs
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Toth
authors.forename: Andrea P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: Naíla C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: do Nascimento
authors.forename: Janice E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Kritchevsky
authors.forename: Joanne B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Messick
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002161:Camelids, New World; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000382:microbiology*; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009174:Mycoplasma / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics*; D009175:Mycoplasma Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*