Genome sequence of Taylorella equigenitalis MCE9, the causative agent of contagious equine metritis

J Bacteriol. 2011 Apr;193(7):1785. doi: 10.1128/JB.01547-10. Epub 2011 Jan 28.

Abstract

Taylorella equigenitalis is the causative agent of contagious equine metritis (CEM), a sexually transmitted infection of horses. We herein report the genome sequence of T. equigenitalis strain MCE9, isolated in 2005 from the urethral fossa of a 4-year-old stallion in France.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Endometritis / microbiology
  • Endometritis / veterinary*
  • Female
  • Genome, Bacterial*
  • Horse Diseases / microbiology*
  • Horses
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Taylorella equigenitalis / classification*
  • Taylorella equigenitalis / genetics*

Associated data

  • GENBANK/CP002456