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- Title
Comparative genomics of the emerging human pathogen Photorhabdus asymbiotica with the insect pathogen Photorhabdus luminescens.
- Authors
Wilkinson, Paul; Waterfield, Nicholas R; Crossman, Lisa; Corton, Craig; Sanchez-Contreras, Maria; Vlisidou, Isabella; Barron, Andrew; Bignell, Alexandra; Clark, Louise; Ormond, Douglas; Mayho, Matthew; Bason, Nathalie; Smith, Frances; Simmonds, Mark; Churcher, Carol; Harris, David; Thompson, Nicholas R; Quail, Michael; Parkhill, Julian; Ffrench-Constant, Richard H
- Abstract
The Gram-negative bacterium Photorhabdus asymbiotica (Pa) has been recovered from human infections in both North America and Australia. Recently, Pa has been shown to have a nematode vector that can also infect insects, like its sister species the insect pathogen P. luminescens (Pl). To understand the relationship between pathogenicity to insects and humans in Photorhabdus we have sequenced the complete genome of Pa strain ATCC43949 from North America. This strain (formerly referred to as Xenorhabdus luminescens strain 2) was isolated in 1977 from the blood of an 80 year old female patient with endocarditis, in Maryland, USA. Here we compare the complete genome of Pa ATCC43949 with that of the previously sequenced insect pathogen P. luminescens strain TT01 which was isolated from its entomopathogenic nematode vector collected from soil in Trinidad and Tobago.
- Publication
BMC genomics, 2009, Vol 10, p302
- ISSN
1471-2164
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1186/1471-2164-10-302