Complete Genome Sequence of Chlamydia trachomatis Ocular Serovar C Strain TW-3.

ABSTRACT: Chlamydia trachomatis is the etiological agent of trachoma, the leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide. We report here the first complete and annotated genome of a C. trachomatis trachoma-causing serovar C strain (strain TW-3). The chromosome and plasmid are 1,043,554 bp and 7,501 bp in length, respectively.

SUBMITTER: Borges V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3900901 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature