Genetic Relationships among Reptilian and Mammalian Campylobacter fetus Strains Determined by Multilocus Sequence Typing
Dingle KE., Blaser MJ., Tu Z-C., Pruckler J., Fitzgerald C., van Bergen MAP., Lawson AJ., Owen RJ., Wagenaar JA.
ABSTRACT Reptile Campylobacter fetus isolates and closely related strains causing human disease were characterized by multilocus sequence typing. They shared ∼90% nucleotide sequence identity with classical mammalian C. fetus , and there was evidence of recombination among members of these two groups. The reptile group represents a possible separate genomospecies capable of infecting humans.