KEGG   GENOME: Corynebacterium diphtheriae NCTC 13129
Entry
T00151            Complete  Genome                                 
Org code
cdi
Name
Corynebacterium diphtheriae NCTC 13129
Category
Reference genome
Annotation
yes
Taxonomy
TAX:257309
  Lineage
Bacteria; Bacillati; Actinomycetota; Actinomycetes; Mycobacteriales; Corynebacteriaceae; Corynebacterium
Brite
KEGG organisms [BR:br08601]
KEGG organisms in the NCBI taxonomy [BR:br08610]
KEGG organisms in taxonomic ranks [BR:br08611]
Data source
GenBank (Assembly: GCA_000195815.1 Complete Genome)
BioProject: 87
Keywords
Human pathogen
Disease
H00343  Diphtheria
Comment
Non-spore forming, non-motile, pleomorphic rod belonging to the genus Corynebacterium.
Produces a potent bacteriophage-encoded protein exotoxin, diphtheria toxin (DT), which causes the symptoms of diphtheria.
Isolate from the pharyngeal membrane of a 72-year-old female with clinical diphtheria during the Eastern European outbreak in 1997.
Chromosome
Circular
  Sequence
GB:BX248353
  Length
2488635
Statistics
Number of nucleotides:       2488635
Number of protein genes:        2272
Number of RNA genes:              69
Created
2003
Reference
PMID:14602910
  Authors
Cerdeno-Tarraga AM, Efstratiou A, Dover LG, Holden MT, Pallen M, Bentley SD, Besra GS, Churcher C, James KD, De Zoysa A, et al.
  Title
The complete genome sequence and analysis of Corynebacterium diphtheriae NCTC13129.
  Journal
Nucleic Acids Res 31:6516-23 (2003)
DOI:10.1093/nar/gkg874
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