Journal article

Genome analysis of Mycoplasma synoviae strain MS-H, the most common M. synoviae strain with a worldwide distribution

Ling Zhu, Muhammad A Shahid, John Markham, Glenn F Browning, Amir H Noormohammadi, Marc S Marenda

BMC Genomics | BioMed Central | Published : 2018

Abstract

Background The bacterial pathogen Mycoplasma synoviae can cause subclinical respiratory disease, synovitis, airsacculitis and reproductive tract disease in poultry and is a major cause of economic loss worldwide. The M. synoviae strain MS-H was developed by chemical mutagenesis of an Australian isolate and has been used as a live attenuated vaccine in many countries over the past two decades. As a result it may now be the most prevalent strain of M. synoviae globally. Differentiation of the MS-H vaccine from local field strains is important for epidemiological investigations and is often required for registration of the vaccine. Results The complete genomic sequence of the MS-H strain was d..

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