Project name: Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale

Description: Genome reports of Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale strains H06-030791 and ORT-UMN 88. The organism causes respiratory disease in poultry. The bacterium is a Gram-negative, pleomorphic rod when grown in broth and is nonmotile and microaerophilic on agar. Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale affects chickens, turkeys, and other birds. Clinical signs include tracheitis, pneumonia, airsacculitis, sinusitis, and pericarditis.

Data type: Genome sequencing and assembly

Sample scope: Multiisolate

Relevance: Agricultural

Release date: 2014-09-22

Last updated: 2013-09-18