Genomic Characterization Provides New Insights for Detailed Phage- Resistant Mechanism for Brucella abortus
As the causative agent of cattle brucellosis, commonly exhibits smooth phenotype (by virtue of colony morphology) that is characteristically sensitive to specific phages, playing until recently a major role in taxonomical classification of the species by the phage typing approach. We previously repo...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Frontiers in microbiology 2019-05, Vol.10, p.917-917 |
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Zusammenfassung: | As the causative agent of cattle brucellosis,
commonly exhibits smooth phenotype (by virtue of colony morphology) that is characteristically sensitive to specific
phages, playing until recently a major role in taxonomical classification of the
species by the phage typing approach. We previously reported the discrepancy between traditional phenotypic typing and MLVA results of a smooth phage-resistant (SPR) strain Bab8416 isolated from a 45-year-old custodial worker with brucellosis in a cattle farm. Here, we performed whole genome sequencing and further obtained a complete genome sequence of strain Bab8416 by a combination of multiple NGS technologies and routine PCR sequencing. The detailed genetic differences between
SPR Bab8416 and large smooth phage-sensitive (SPS) strains were investigated in a comprehensively comparative genomic study. The large indels between
SPS strains and Bab8416 showed possible divergence between two evolutionary branches at a far phylogenetic node. Compared to
SPS strain 9-941 (Bab9-941), the specific re-arrangement event in Bab8416 displaying a closer linear relationship with
16M than other
strains resulted in the truncation of c-di-GMP synthesis, and 3 c-di-GMP-metabolizing genes, were present in Bab8416 and
16M, but absent in Bab9-941 and other
strains, indicating potential SPR-associated key determinants and novel molecular mechanisms. Moreover, despite almost completely intact smooth LPS related genes, only one mutated OmpA family protein of Bab8416, functionally related to flagellar and efflux pump, was newly identified. Several point mutations were identified to be Bab8416 specific while a majority of them were verified to be
ST2 characteristic. In conclusion, our study therefore identifies new SPR-associated factors that could play a role in refining and updating
taxonomic schemes and provides resources for further detailed analysis of mechanism for
phage resistance. |
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ISSN: | 1664-302X 1664-302X |
DOI: | 10.3389/fmicb.2019.00917 |