Complete Genome Sequence of Campylobacter jejuni RM1285, a Rod-Shaped Morphological Variant

Nereus W Gunther 4th; James L Bono; David S Needleman

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01361-15

Complete Genome Sequence of Campylobacter jejuni RM1285, a Rod-Shaped Morphological Variant

Genome Announc. 2015 Nov 25;3(6):e01361-15. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01361-15.

Authors

Nereus W Gunther 4th¹, James L Bono², David S Needleman³

Affiliations

¹ U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania, USA jack.gunther@ars.usda.gov.
² U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Clay Center, Nebraska, USA.
³ U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania, USA.

Abstract

Campylobacter jejuni is a spiral shaped Gram-negative food-borne bacterial pathogen of humans found on poultry products. Strain RM1285 is a rod-shaped variant of this species. The genome of RM1285 was determined to be 1,635,803 bp, with a G+C content of 30.5%.