Whole-Genome Sequence of Chlamydia abortus Strain GN6 Isolated from Aborted Yak Fetus

Zhaocai Li; Jinshan Cai; Xiaoan Cao; Zhongzi Lou; Yilin Chao; Wei Kan; Jizhang Zhou

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00893-17

Whole-Genome Sequence of Chlamydia abortus Strain GN6 Isolated from Aborted Yak Fetus

Genome Announc. 2017 Aug 31;5(35):e00893-17. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00893-17.

Authors

Zhaocai Li¹, Jinshan Cai², Xiaoan Cao¹, Zhongzi Lou¹, Yilin Chao², Wei Kan², Jizhang Zhou³

Affiliations

¹ State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou, Gansu, People's Republic of China.
² Center for Animal Disease Control and Prevention in Qinghai Province, Xi'ning, Qinghai, People's Republic of China.
³ State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou, Gansu, People's Republic of China zhoujizhang@caas.cn.

Abstract

The obligate intracellular Gram-negative bacterium Chlamydia abortus is one of the causative agents of abortion and fetal loss in sheep, goats, and cattle in many countries. It also affects the reproductivity of yaks (Bos grunniens). This study reports the whole-genome sequence of Chlamydia abortus strain GN6, which was isolated from aborted yak fetus in Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China.