Gross, Roy; Guzman, Carlos A.; Sebaihia, Mohammed; Martins dos Santos, Vítor A. P.; Pieper, Dietmar H.; Koebnik, Ralf; Lechner, Melanie; Bartels, Daniela; Buhrmester, Jens; Choudhuri, Jomuna V.; Ebensen, Thomas; Gaigalat, Lars; Herrmann, Stefanie; Khachane, Amit N.; Larisch, Christof; Link, Stefanie; Linke, Burkhard; Meyer, Folker; Mormann, Sascha; Nakunst, Diana; Rückert, Christian; Schneiker-Bekel, Susanne; Schulze, Kai; Vorhölter, Frank-Jörg; Yevsa, Tetyana; Engle, Jacquelyn T.; Goldman, William E .; Pühler, Alfred; Göbel, Ulf B.; Goesmann, Alexander; Blöcker, Helmut; Kaiser, Olaf; Martinez-Arias, Rosa: The missing link: Bordetella petrii is endowed with both the metabolic versatility of environmental bacteria and virulence traits of pathogenic Bordetella [...]. In: BMC Genomics. Jg.9 H. 1. 2008
Inhalt
- Abstract
- Background
- Results and discussion
- Genome features and comparative analysis
- Mobile genetic elements – a mosaic genome
- Metabolism of B. petrii – genomic basis for metabolic versatility
- Metabolic talents of B. petrii – degradation of aromatic compounds
- "Virulence factors" of B. petrii and host-restricted Bordetellae
- Conclusion
- Methods
- Whole genome shotgun sequencing
- Genome analysis and annotation
- Genomic comparisons
- Detection of regions with atypical GC content
- Use of aromatic compounds as sole carbon source by B. petrii
- Determination of TCT production
- Accession number
- Authors' contributions
- Additional material
- Acknowledgements
- References