Comparative genomic analysis of seven Mycoplasma hyosynoviae strains.

ABSTRACT: Infection with Mycoplasma hyosynoviae can result in debilitating arthritis in pigs, particularly those aged 10 weeks or older. Strategies for controlling this pathogen are becoming increasingly important due to the rise in the number of cases of arthritis that have been attributed to infection in recent years. In order to begin to develop interventions to prevent arthritis caused by M. hyosynoviae, more information regarding the specific proteins and potential virulence factors that its genome encodes was needed. However, the genome of this emerging swine pathogen had not been sequenced previously. In this report, we present a comparative analysis of the genomes of seven strains of M. hyosynoviae isolated from different locations in North America during the years 2010 to 2013. We identifie

SUBMITTER: Bumgardner EA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4398514 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature