(XLS 30 KB) Additional File 3: Supplemental Tables. Table S1, Table S2 and Table S3. (DOC 860 KB) Additional File 4: Campylobacter proteome matrix analysis. An alignment Matrix displays protein similarity between the available Campylobacter complete proteomes (protein) and Cfv ORF (translated to amino acid). Percentage gene duplication is displayed as a percentage and as a heat map within species click here and across species and stains. (PNG 137 KB) Additional File 5: Plasmid pCFV108 protein alignment to Campylobacter fetus venerealis ORFs. Diagram shows Plasmid pCFV108 and AZUL-94 Contig1185 ORF homology, Campylobacter

homology is shaded in pink. Contig1185.orf00004 aligns to MobA (ABK41363) and Contig1185.orf00007 aligns to RepE (ABK41364). (PNG 59 KB) Additional File 6: Campylobacter fetus venerealis genome sequencing and assembly data. Campylobacter fetus venerealis genome sequencing and assembly information. (DOC 28 KB) References 1. Fouts DE, Mongodin EF,

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