Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale Genome sequencing and assembly

Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale is a gram-negative rod-shaped bacterium an economically important poultry pathogen. O. rhinotracheale is a sole species of its genus. Since its first detection, a variety of typing methods have been used to gain basic knowledge about the bacterial population structure, an issue that still needs to be addressed. Serological characterization revealed at least 18 different serotypes (A-R) with serotype A to be predominate among poultry. But, cross-reactions between 2 or more serotypes such as A, E and I are common and some strains are not typeable with available antisera. MALDI-TOF MS characterisation of 59O. rhinotracheale strains reviled that serotypes F (LMG 18856), serotypes K (LMG 18861) and serotypes M (LMG 19032) could be different species. To gain better knowledge of these strains NGS data was obtained.