High quality draft genome sequence of &ITMycoplasma testudineum&IT strain BH29(T), isolated from the respiratory tract of a desert tortoise
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Weitzman, Chava L.
Tillett, Richard L.
Sandmeier, Franziska C.
Tracy, C. Richard
Alvarez-Ponce, David
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2018
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Mycoplasma testudineum , Desert tortoise , Gopherus , Upper respiratory tract disease , URTD
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Mycoplasma testudineum is one of the pathogens that can cause upper respiratory tract disease in desert tortoises, Gopherus agassizii. We sequenced the genome of M. testudineum BH29(T) (ATCC 700618(T) = MCCM 03231(T)), isolated from the upper respiratory tract of a Mojave desert tortoise with upper respiratory tract disease. The sequenced draft genome, organized in 25 scaffolds, has a length of 960,895 bp and a G + C content of 27.54%. A total of 788 protein-coding sequences, six pseudogenes and 35 RNA genes were identified. The potential presence of cytadhesin-encoding genes is investigated. This genome will enable comparative genomic studies to help understand the molecular bases of the pathogenicity of this and other Mycoplasma species.
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Weitzman, C. L., Tillett, R. L., Sandmeier, F. C., Tracy, C. R., & Alvarez-Ponce, D. (2018). High quality draft genome sequence of Mycoplasma testudineum strain BH29T, isolated from the respiratory tract of a desert tortoise. Standards in Genomic Sciences, 13(1). doi:10.1186/s40793-018-0309-z
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1944-3277