Colonizing the genital- and intestinal-tract of animals and humans.
Important veterinary pathogens causing abortions and infertility in ruminants.
Isolated from a renal transplant patient in the US.
Kienesberger S, Sprenger H, Wolfgruber S, Halwachs B, Thallinger GG, Perez-Perez GI, Blaser MJ, Zechner EL, Gorkiewicz G
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Comparative genome analysis of Campylobacter fetus subspecies revealed horizontally acquired genetic elements important for virulence and niche specificity.