Large-Scale Release of Campylobacter Draft Genomes: Resources for Food Safety and Public Health from the 100K Pathogen Genome Project

Allison M Weis; Bihua C Huang; Dylan B Storey; Nguyet Kong; Poyin Chen; Narine Arabyan; Brent Gilpin; Carl Mason; Andrea K Townsend; Woutrina A Smith; Barbara A Byrne; Conor C Taff; Bart C Weimer

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00925-16

Large-Scale Release of Campylobacter Draft Genomes: Resources for Food Safety and Public Health from the 100K Pathogen Genome Project

Genome Announc. 2017 Jan 5;5(1):e00925-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00925-16.

Authors

Allison M Weis^{1

2}, Bihua C Huang^{1

2}, Dylan B Storey^{1

2}, Nguyet Kong^{1

2}, Poyin Chen^{1

2}, Narine Arabyan^{1

2}, Brent Gilpin³, Carl Mason⁴, Andrea K Townsend⁵, Woutrina A Smith¹, Barbara A Byrne¹, Conor C Taff⁵, Bart C Weimer^{6

2}

Affiliations

¹ School of Veterinary Medicine, UC Davis, Davis, California, USA.
² 100K Pathogen Genome Project, UC Davis, Davis, California, USA.
³ Institute of Environmental Science & Research Ltd., Christchurch, New Zealand.
⁴ Department of Enteric Diseases, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences (AFRIMS), Bangkok, Thailand.
⁵ Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Conservation Biology, UC Davis, Davis, California, USA.
⁶ School of Veterinary Medicine, UC Davis, Davis, California, USA bcweimer@ucdavis.edu.

Abstract

Campylobacter is a food-associated bacterium and a leading cause of foodborne illness worldwide, being associated with poultry in the food supply. This is the initial public release of 202 Campylobacter genome sequences as part of the 100K Pathogen Genome Project. These isolates represent global genomic diversity in the Campylobacter genus.