BMC Microbiology

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Genotyping of Chlamydophila psittaci using a new DNA microarray assay based on sequence analysis of ompA genes

Konrad Sachse1*, Karine Laroucau2, Helmut Hotzel3, Evelyn Schubert1, Ralf Ehricht4 and Peter Slickers4

Author Affiliations

1 Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (Federal Research Institute for Animal Health), Insitute of Molecular Pathogenesis, Jena, Germany

2 AFSSA, Unité Zoonoses Bactériennes, Maisons-Alfort, France

3 Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (Federal Research Institute for Animal Health), Insitute of Bacterial Infections and Zoonoses, Jena, Germany

4 Clondiag Chip Technologies, Jena, Germany

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BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:63 doi:10.1186/1471-2180-8-63

Published: 17 April 2008

Additional files

Additional file 1:

Sequence similarity matrix. Calculated similarity matrix of all unique ompA sequences of C. psittaci strains, on which the split network graph in Fig. 1 is based.

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Additional file 3:

Basic data of C. psittaci strains included in Fig. 1 and the final ompA sequence alignment. Basic data of C. psittaci strains and GenBank accession numbers of ompA sequences included in the graph in Fig. 1 and the global ompA sequence alignment in Additional file 2

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Additional file 2:

Global alignment of ompA sequences found in the GenBank database. Alignment of 63 unique ompA sequences of C. psittaci strains from the GenBank database (992 positions)

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