Draft Genome Sequence of Bordetella avium Nh1210, an Outbreak Strain of Lockjaw Syndrome

Luisa Z Moreno; Terezinha Knöbl; André A Grespan; Maria R Felizardo; Cleise R Gomes; Thais S P Ferreira; Maria Gabriela Xavier de Oliveira; Livia Myriantheus; Andrea Micke Moreno

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00120-15

Draft Genome Sequence of Bordetella avium Nh1210, an Outbreak Strain of Lockjaw Syndrome

Genome Announc. 2015 Mar 12;3(2):e00120-15. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00120-15.

Authors

Luisa Z Moreno¹, Terezinha Knöbl¹, André A Grespan², Maria R Felizardo¹, Cleise R Gomes¹, Thais S P Ferreira¹, Maria Gabriela Xavier de Oliveira¹, Livia Myriantheus¹, Andrea Micke Moreno³

Affiliations

¹ School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
² Wildvet Clinica Veterinaria & Resort, São Paulo, Brazil.
³ School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil [email protected].

Abstract

Bordetella avium is a highly contagious bacterium that infects the upper respiratory tract of birds. B. avium Nh1210 is an outbreak strain of lockjaw syndrome in juvenile cockatiel chicks (Nymphicus hollandicus). Here, we report the draft genome sequence of strain Nh1210.