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Genome Sequences of Campylobacter jejuni 81-176 Variants with Enhanced Fitness Relative to the Parental Strain in the Chicken Gastrointestinal Tract

Year: 2014

Type: article

Abstract: Campylobacter jejuni is a major cause of food-borne infections in the United States due to its ability to asymptomatically colonize the gastrointestinal tracts of chickens. Using competition assays with parental C. jejuni 81-176, variants with consistently improved fitness in chicken ceca relative to the parental strain were identified and sequenced.

Source: Genome Announcements

DOI: 10.1128/genomea.00006-14

Authors: Jeremiah G. Johnson, Samuel Carpentier, Rachel R. Spurbeck, Sukhinder K. Sandhu, Victor J. DiRita

Institutions: University of Michigan, Michigan Medicine

Language: English

Topic: Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology

Subfield: Food Science

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

SDGs: Zero hunger, Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

Funders: National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Accelerated Innovation Research Initiative Turning Top Science and Ideas into High-Impact Values