Isolation of a New Chlamydia species from the Feral Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus): Chlamydia ibidis.
Investigations conducted on feral African Sacred Ibises (Threskiornisaethiopicus) in western France led to the isolation of a strain with chlamydial genetic determinants. Ultrastructural analysis, comparative sequence analysis of the 16S rRNA gene, ompA, and of a concatenate of 31 highly conserved genes, as well as determination of the whole genome sequence confirmed the relatedness of the new isolate to members of the Chlamydiaceae, while, at the same time demonstrating a unique position outside the currently recognized species of this family. We propose to name this new chlamydial species Chlamydiaibidis .
University Paris-Est, Anses, Animal Health Laboratory, Bacterial Zoonoses Unit, Maisons-Alfort, France.
Fabien
F
Vorimore
Ru-Ching
RC
Hsia
Heather
H
Huot-Creasy
Suzanne
S
Bastian
Lucie
L
Deruyter
Anne
A
Passet
Konrad
K
Sachse
Patrik
P
Bavoil
Garry
G
Myers
Karine
K
Laroucau
D000818:Animals; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D001717:Birds / Q000382:microbiology*; D002689:Chlamydia / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002690:Chlamydia Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D002479:Inclusion Bodies / Q000648:ultrastructure; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics*; D060888:Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; C078167:OMPA outer membrane proteins