Campylobacter coli Genome sequencing and assembly

Campylobacter strains were collected as part of a survey study of fresh chicken carcasses sold in Pennsylvania farmer markets. Four presumptive Campylobacter coli strains from the survey were observed to have unique sequence variations in their gyrase subunit B genes compared to the other collected Campylobacter strains. The four strains were sequenced and analyzed to produce annotated whole genome sequences each consisting of a single closed chromosome. The sequencing was performed to confirm the species of the strains and to determine if there were any other significant sequence differences between the four strain and other Campylobacter coli strains.