The draft genome sequences of 56 Campylobacter jejuni and C. coli strains

The food-borne pathogens Campylobacter jejuni (Cj) and C. coli (Cc) produce capsular polysaccharides (CPS) that are the major antigenic determinants of the classical Penner serotyping system that distinguishes these Campylobacters into 65 groups. In order to examine the genomic diversity of Cj and Cc, and to identify DNA signatures for the development of faster and cheaper typing assays, we have determined the draft genome sequences of 38 Cj and 18 Cc strains representing 56 different Penner serotypes.

食源性病原体弯曲菌属的空肠弯曲菌（Cj）和大肠弯曲菌（Cc）产生荚膜多糖（CPS），这些多糖是经典彭纳血清学分型系统的主要抗原决定簇，该系统将弯曲菌分为65个血清型。为了考察空肠弯曲菌和大肠弯曲菌的基因组多样性，并识别DNA特征以开发更快速、成本更低的分型检测方法，我们已测定了38个Cj和18个Cc菌株的基因组草图序列，这些菌株代表了56种不同的彭纳血清型。