Slide 1 1 The Spirochetes Gram-negative human pathogens Free living saprobes, or commensals of animals, not primary pathogens –Treponema –Leptospira –Borrelia Slide…
* Genome sizes (sample) * Some genomics history 1995: first bacterial genome, Haemophilus influenza, 1.8 Mbp, sequenced at TIGR first use of whole-genome shotgun for a bacterium…