Volume 6, Number 5—October 2000
Perspective
Genomics and Bacterial Pathogenesis
George M. Weinstock
Table 1
Whole-genome sequencing of bacterial pathogensa
| Bacterium | Status (ref.) |
|---|---|
| Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans | In progress |
| Bacillus anthracis | In progress |
| Bartonella henselae | In progress |
| Bordetella bronchiseptica | In progress |
| B. parapertussis | In progress |
| B. pertussis | In progress |
| Borrelia burgdorferi | Finished (1) |
| Campylobacter jejuni | Finished |
| Chlamydia pneumoniae | Finished (2) |
| C. trachomatis | Finished (3) |
| Clostridium difficile | In progress |
| Enterococcus faecalis | In progress |
| Escherichia coli K12 | Finished (4) |
| E. coli O157:H7 | In progress |
| Haemophilus influenzae | Finished (5) |
| Helicobacter pylori | Finished (6,7) |
| Listeria monocytogenes | In progress |
| Mycobacterium avium | In progress |
| M. leprae | In progress |
| M. tuberculosis | Finished (8) |
| Mycoplasma genitalium | Finished (9) |
| M. mycoides | In progress |
| M. pneumoniae | Finished (10) |
| Neisseria gonorrhoeae | In progress |
| N. meningitidis | In progress |
| Porphyromonas gingivalis | In progress |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | In progress |
| P. putida | In progress |
| Rickettsia prowazekii | Finished (11) |
| Salmonella serotype Typhi | In progress |
| S. Typhimurium | In progress |
| Shigella flexneri | In progress |
| Staphylococcus aureus | In progress |
| Streptococcus mutans | In progress |
| S. pneumoniae | In progress |
| S. pyogenes | In progress |
| Treponema denticola | In progress |
| T. pallidum | Finished (12) |
| Ureaplasma urealyticum | Finished |
| Vibrio cholerae | In progress |
| Yersinia pestis | In progress |
aMuch of these data were taken from the TIGR website (see Table 2). In-progress genome projects are those that are funded but not yet complete.
