Draft Genome Sequences of Campylobacter jejuni Strains Isolated from Poultry

Basanta R Wagle; Daya Marasini; Indu Upadhyaya; Sandip Shrestha; Komala Arsi; Annie M Donoghue; Franck Carbonero; Dan J Donoghue; Kendra Maas; Abhinav Upadhyay

doi:10.1128/MRA.01272-19

Draft Genome Sequences of Campylobacter jejuni Strains Isolated from Poultry

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2020 Feb 13;9(7):e01272-19. doi: 10.1128/MRA.01272-19.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Poultry Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA.
² Department of Food Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA.
³ Department of Extension, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA.
⁴ Poultry Production and Product Safety Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA.
⁵ Department of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology, Washington State University, Spokane, Washington, USA.
⁶ Microbial Analysis, Resources and Services, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA.
⁷ Department of Animal Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA abhinav.upadhyay@uconn.edu.

Abstract

Four wild-type Campylobacter jejuni strains isolated from the cecal contents of broiler chickens were sequenced. The average genome size was 1,622,170 bp, with 1,667 to 1,761 coding sequences and 47 to 51 RNAs. Multiple genes encoding motility, intestinal colonization, toxin production, stress tolerance, and multidrug resistance were present in all the strains.