The draft genome sequences of 56 Campylobacter jejuni and C. coli strains. Campylobacter coli RM1530

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.

食源性致病菌空肠弯曲杆菌（Campylobacter jejuni，简称Cj）与结肠弯曲杆菌（C. coli，简称Cc）可合成荚膜多糖（capsular polysaccharides，简称CPS），该物质是经典Penner血清分型系统的主要抗原决定簇，可将此类弯曲杆菌划分为65个血清群。为探究Cj与Cc的基因组多样性，并鉴定可用于开发更快速、低成本分型检测方法的DNA特征序列，本研究完成了代表56种不同Penner血清型的38株Cj菌株与18株Cc菌株的草图基因组测序。