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Journal of Bacteriology, March 2009, p. 1719-1721, Vol. 191, No. 5
0021-9193/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JB.01359-08
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Identification of a Divided Genome for VSH-1, the Prophage-Like Gene Transfer Agent of Brachyspira hyodysenteriae{triangledown}

Thaddeus B. Stanton,1* Samuel B. Humphrey,1 Darrell O. Bayles,2 and Richard L. Zuerner3

Pre-Harvest Food Safety and Enteric Diseases Research Unit, National Animal Disease Center, Agricultural Research Service, Ames, Iowa 50010,1 Genomics Unit, National Animal Disease Center, Agricultural Research Service, Ames, Iowa 50010,2 Bacterial Diseases of Livestock Research Unit, National Animal Disease Center, Agricultural Research Service, Ames, Iowa 500103

Received 29 September 2008/ Accepted 10 December 2008

The Brachyspira hyodysenteriae B204 genome sequence revealed three VSH-1 tail genes, hvp31, hvp60, and hvp37, in a 3.6-kb cluster. The location and transcription direction of these genes relative to those of the previously described VSH-1 16.3-kb gene operon indicate that the gene transfer agent VSH-1 has a noncontiguous, divided genome.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: National Animal Disease Center, USDA, ARS, P.O. Box 70, Ames, IA 50010. Phone: (515) 663-7350. Fax: (515) 663-7458. E-mail: Thad.Stanton{at}ars.usda.gov

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 19 December 2008.

Journal of Bacteriology, March 2009, p. 1719-1721, Vol. 191, No. 5
0021-9193/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JB.01359-08
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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