comparative analysis of genome sequences covering the seven cronobacter species基因组序列的比较分析覆盖七个cronobacter物种.pdfVIP

Comparative Analysis of Genome Sequences Covering the Seven Cronobacter Species 1. 2. 3.¤a 3¤b 3 3 Susan Joseph , Prerak Desai , Yongmei Ji , Craig A. Cummings , Rita Shih , Lovorka Degoricija , 4 3 5 1 1 1 Alain Rico , Pius Brzoska , Stephen E. Hamby , Naqash Masood , Sumyya Hariri , Hana Sonbol , 5 2,6 3 1 Nadia Chuzhanova , Michael McClelland *, Manohar R. Furtado , Stephen J. Forsythe * 1 Pathogen Research Group, School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, United Kingdom, 2 Vaccine Research Institute San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America, 3 Life Technologies Corporation, Foster City, California, United States of America, 4 Life Technologies Corporation, Darmstadt, Germany, 5 Bioinformatics and Biomathematics Group, School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, United Kingdom, 6 Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America Abstract Background: Species of Cronobacter are widespread in the environment and are occasional food-borne pathogens associated with serious neonatal diseases, including bacteraemia, meningitis, and necrotising enterocolitis. The genus is composed of seven species: C. sakazakii, C. malonaticus, C. turicensis, C. dublinensis, C. muytjensii, C. universalis, an