New insights on the biology of swine respiratory tract mycoplasmas from a comparative genome analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae, Mycoplasma flocculare and Mycoplasma hyorhinis live in swine respiratory tracts. M. flocculare, a commensal bacterium, is genetically closely related to M. hyopneumoniae, the causative agent of enzootic porcine pneumonia. M. hyorhinis is also pathogenic, causing polyserositis and arthritis. In this work, we present the genome sequences of M. flocculare and M. hyopneumoniae strain 7422, and we compare these genomes with the genomes of other M. hyoponeumoniae strain and to the a M. hyorhinis genome. These analyses were performed to identify possible characteristics that may help to explain the different behaviors of these species in swine respiratory tracts.

Results

The overall genome organization of three species was analyzed, revealing th

SUBMITTER: Siqueira FM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3610235 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature