Campylobacter fetus Plasmid Diversity: Comparative Analysis of Fully Sequenced Plasmids and Proposed Classification Scheme.

ABSTRACT: Campylobacter fetus is an animal pathogen that contains 2 mammal-associated subspecies: Campylobacter fetus subsp. fetus (Cff) and Campylobacter fetus subsp. venerealis (Cfv) including its biovar intermedius that exhibit different biochemical traits and differences in pathogenicity. Although plasmids are important in the horizontal transfer of antimicrobial resistance genes and virulence factors, C. fetus plasmids are understudied. Here, the closed sequences of 12 plasmids from Spanish C. fetus isolates were compared with the publicly available DNA sequences of C. fetus plasmids and other members of the Campylobacterales order. Sizes of C. fetus plasmids from Spanish isolates ranged between 4 and 50 kb and most of them (10/12) were potentially conjugative. Comparative analysis of the plasm

SUBMITTER: Pena-Fernandez N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11467750 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature