Salmonella enterica serovar Pullorum is a chicken-adapted pathogen, causing pullorum disease. Its strict host adaptation has been suspected to result in gene decay. To validate this hypothesis and identify the decayed genes, we sequenced the complete genome of S. Pullorum RKS5078. We found 263 pseudogenes in this strain and conducted functional analyses of the decayed genes.
Feng Y, Xu HF, Li QH, Zhang SY, Wang CX, Zhu DL, Cao FL, Li YG, Johnston RN, Zhou J, Liu GR, Liu SL (2012) Complete genome sequence of Salmonella enterica serovar pullorum RKS5078 Journal of Bacteriology194: 744
Feng Y, Xu HF, Li QH, Zhang SY, Wang CX, Zhu DL, Cao FL, Li YG, Johnston RN, Zhou J, Liu GR, Liu SL (2012) Journal of Bacteriology194: 744