Genome Sequences of Two Tunisian Field Strains of Avian Mycoplasma, M. meleagridis and M. gallinarum

Elhem Yacoub; Pascal Sirand-Pugnet; Aurélien Barré; Alain Blanchard; Christophe Hubert; Florence Maurier; Emmanuel Bouilhol; Boutheina Ben Abdelmoumen Mardassi

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00558-16

Genome Sequences of Two Tunisian Field Strains of Avian Mycoplasma, M. meleagridis and M. gallinarum

Genome Announc. 2016 Jun 16;4(3):e00558-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00558-16.

Authors

Elhem Yacoub¹, Pascal Sirand-Pugnet², Aurélien Barré³, Alain Blanchard², Christophe Hubert⁴, Florence Maurier³, Emmanuel Bouilhol³, Boutheina Ben Abdelmoumen Mardassi⁵

Affiliations

¹ Unit of Mycoplasmas, Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, Vaccinology and Biotechnology Development, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia.
² INRA, UMR 1332 de Biologie du Fruit et Pathologie, Villenave d'Ornon, France Université of Bordeaux, UMR 1332 de Biologie du Fruit et Pathologie, Villenave d'Ornon, France.
³ Centre de Bioinformatique et de Génomique Fonctionnelle, CBiB, Université of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France.
⁴ Plateforme Génome-Transcritpome de Bordeaux, CGFB, Université of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France.
⁵ Unit of Mycoplasmas, Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, Vaccinology and Biotechnology Development, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia boutheina.mardassi@pasteur.rns.tn.

Abstract

Mycoplasma meleagridis and Mycoplasma gallinarum are bacteria that affect birds, but little is known about the genetic basis of their interaction with chickens and other poultry. Here, we sequenced the genomes of M. meleagridis strain MM_26B8_IPT and M. gallinarum strain Mgn_IPT, both isolated from chickens showing respiratory symptoms, poor growth, reduction in hatchability, and loss of production.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the LR11IPT01 project of the Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, Vaccinology and Biotechnology Development, funded by the Tunisian Ministry of High Education and Scientific Research. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.