Complete Genome Sequence of a Clinical Campylobacter Isolate Identical to a Novel Campylobacter Species

Birgitta Duim; Linda van der Graaf-van Bloois; Arjen Timmerman; Jaap A Wagenaar; Jacky Flipse; Janny Wallinga; Peter Bloembergen; William G Miller; Aldert L Zomer

doi:10.1128/MRA.00721-20

Complete Genome Sequence of a Clinical Campylobacter Isolate Identical to a Novel Campylobacter Species

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2021 Feb 18;10(7):e00721-20. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00721-20.

Authors

Birgitta Duim^{1

2}, Linda van der Graaf-van Bloois^{3

2}, Arjen Timmerman^{3

2}, Jaap A Wagenaar^{3

2

4}, Jacky Flipse⁵, Janny Wallinga⁵, Peter Bloembergen⁵, William G Miller⁶, Aldert L Zomer^{3

2}

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands [email protected].
² WHO Collaborating Center for Campylobacter/OIE Reference Laboratory for Campylobacteriosis, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
³ Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
⁴ Wageningen Bioveterinary Research, Lelystad, the Netherlands.
⁵ Laboratory of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Isala Clinics, Zwolle, the Netherlands.
⁶ Produce Safety and Microbiology Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Albany, California, USA.

Abstract

Here, we present the complete genome sequence of a Campylobacter strain isolated in the Netherlands from a patient with gastroenteritis. The strain showed >98% sequence identity to the novel Campylobacter species sequence recently recovered from metagenomic data, isolated from breastfed infants with diarrheal disease, and named "Candidatus Campylobacter infans."