Physical Map and Genome Sequencing Survey of<i>Mycoplasma haemofelis</i>(<i>Haemobartonella felis</i>)

Abstract

Mycoplasma haemofelis is an uncultivable red-cell pathogen of cats. Isolated M. haemofelis DNA was used to create a bacterial artificial chromosome library and physical map. Random sequencing of this material revealed 75 genes that had not been previously reported for M. haemofelis or any other hemotrophic mycoplasma.