Diversity in Chlamydial plasmids.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Evolutionary studies have been conducted that have investigated the chromosomal variance in the genus of Chlamydia. However, no all-encompassing genus-wide comparison has been performed on the plasmid. Therefore, there is a gap in the current knowledge on Chlamydia plasmid diversity.

Aims

This project is aimed to investigate and establish the nature and extent of diversity across the entire genus of Chlamydia, by comparing the sequences of all currently available plasmid carrying strains.

Methods

The PUBMED database was used to identify plasmid sequences from all available strains that met the set quality criteria for their inclusion in the study. Alignments were performed on the 51 strains that fulfilled the criteria using MEGA X software. Following that M

SUBMITTER: Szabo KV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7259575 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature