Draft Genome Sequence of Chlamydia trachomatis Strain 54, Isolated from the Urogenital Tract of a Male in Japan

Tomohiro Yamazaki; Junji Matsuo; Momoka Kikuchi; Kentaro Miyamoto; Kentaro Oka; Motomichi Takahashi; Satoshi Takahashi; Torahiko Okubo; Hiroyuki Yamaguchi

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01242-15

Draft Genome Sequence of Chlamydia trachomatis Strain 54, Isolated from the Urogenital Tract of a Male in Japan

Genome Announc. 2015 Oct 22;3(5):e01242-15. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01242-15.

Authors

Tomohiro Yamazaki¹, Junji Matsuo², Momoka Kikuchi², Kentaro Miyamoto³, Kentaro Oka³, Motomichi Takahashi³, Satoshi Takahashi⁴, Torahiko Okubo², Hiroyuki Yamaguchi⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan Research Fellow of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo, Japan.
² Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
³ Miyarisan Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan.
⁴ Department of Infection Control and Laboratory Medicine, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan.
⁵ Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan hiroyuki@med.hokudai.ac.jp.

Abstract

We report the draft genome sequence of Chlamydia trachomatis strain 54, isolated from the urogenital tract of a male in Japan, with unique polymorphic membrane proteins. Detailed genomic analysis will aid our understanding of the selective pressures that lead to sexual differentiation in chlamydial adaptive evolution.