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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Bartonella henselae
SUBMITTER: Hillevi Lindroos
PROVIDER: E-TABM-88 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Journal of bacteriology 20060825 21
Cats are the natural host for Bartonella henselae, an opportunistic human pathogen and the agent of cat scratch disease. Here, we have analyzed the natural variation in gene content and genome structure of 38 Bartonella henselae strains isolated from cats and humans by comparative genome hybridizations to microarrays and probe hybridizations to pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) blots. The variation in gene content was modest and confined to the prophage and the genomic islands, whereas the ...[more]