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A genomic perspective on a new bacterial genus and species from the Alcaligenaceae family, Basilea psittacipulmonis.
BMC genomics - 1 Mar 2014
Whiteson Katrine L, Hernandez David, Lazarevic Vladimir, Gaia Nadia, Farinelli Laurent, François Patrice, Pilo Paola, Frey Joachim, Schrenzel Jacques
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: A novel Gram-negative, non-haemolytic, non-motile, rod-shaped bacterium was discovered in the lungs of a dead parakeet (Melopsittacus undulatus) that was kept in captivity in a petshop in Basel, Switzerland. The organism is described with a chemotaxonomic profile and the nearly complete genome sequence obtained through the assembly of short sequence reads. RESULTS: Genome sequence analysis and...
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