Open Access Research article

Tracing genomic variations in two highly virulent Yersinia enterocolitica strains with unequal ability to compete for host colonization

Debora Garzetti1, Hicham Bouabe1,2, Juergen Heesemann1 and Alexander Rakin1*

1 Max von Pettenkofer-Institute, LMU, Munich, Germany

2 Current address: Laboratory of Lymphocyte Signalling and Development, The Babraham Institute, Cambridge, UK

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BMC Genomics 2012, 13:467 doi:10.1186/1471-2164-13-467

Published: 11 September 2012

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Colony hybridization experiment. A: nylon membrane from the liver of mouse number 13 (13 L), probed with Hem_8081. B: nylon membrane from A stripped and re-probed with Col_WA. C: original LB-agar plate. D: modified and superimposed images from A and B. (PDF 146 kb)

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Assembly in scaffolds and accession numbers of the contigs ofY. enterocoliticastrain WA-314.

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Additional file 3:

Predicted prophages inY. enterocoliticastrain WA-314. Excel table with prophage names, respective contigs, locus tags and encoded products.

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Genetic structure of prophages inY. enterocoliticastrain WA-314. Annotation of selected genes is shown. YWA-1: possible degenerate P2-like prophage, 34.4 kbs. YWA-2: putative bacteriophage, 33 kbs. YWA-3: putative P2-like prophage, 11.7 kbs. YWA-4: putative P4-like prophage, 28 kbs. YWA-5: Mu-like prophage, 43.3 kbs. YWA-6: P4-like prophage, 14.6 kbs. YWA-7: putative defective prophage, 12.5 kbs.

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