Spirochaetes as intestinal pathogens: Lessons from a Brachyspira genome

Hampson, D.J.ORCID: 0000-0002-7729-0427 and Ahmed, N. (2009) Spirochaetes as intestinal pathogens: Lessons from a Brachyspira genome. Gut Pathogens, 1 (1).

Abstract

Anaerobic spirochaetes of the genus Brachyspira have long been known as important gut pathogens of pigs, but increasingly they are recognised as causing disease in birds and other animal species, including human beings. The genome sequence of the major swine pathogen Brachyspira hyodysenteriae was recently published, and this revealed extensive genome optimisation that leads to adaptation to the complex environment of the colon. The genome sequences of other pathogenic and non-pathogenic Brachyspira species are becoming available, and this data will help to reveal how these species have evolved and adapted to varied lifestyles in the large intestines of different species, and why some but not others can induce colitis and diarrhoea.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Murdoch Affiliation:	School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
Publisher:	BioMed Central
Copyright:	© 2009 Hampson and Ahmed
Notes:	This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
URI:	http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/11478

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