Isolation of bacterial plasmid-related replication-associated circular DNA from a serum sample of a multiple sclerosis patient

Karin Gunst; Harald Zur Hausen; Ethel-Michele de Villiers

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00847-14

Isolation of bacterial plasmid-related replication-associated circular DNA from a serum sample of a multiple sclerosis patient

Genome Announc. 2014 Aug 28;2(4):e00847-14. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00847-14.

Authors

Karin Gunst¹, Harald Zur Hausen¹, Ethel-Michele de Villiers²

Affiliations

¹ Division for the Characterization of Tumorviruses, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Heidelberg, Germany.
² Division for the Characterization of Tumorviruses, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Heidelberg, Germany [email protected].

Abstract

Psychrobacter species are considered to be opportunistic human pathogens. We report here the isolation of a circular DNA molecule, MSSI1.162, from a serum sample taken from a multiple sclerosis patient during relapse. This isolate is distantly related to known Psychrobacter species and their plasmids.