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Li X, Gallardo O, August E, Dassa B, Court DL, Stavans J, Arbel-Goren R. Stability and gene strand bias of lambda prophages and chromosome organization in Escherichia coli. mBio 2024; 15:e0207823. [PMID: 38888367 PMCID: PMC11253608 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.02078-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2023] [Accepted: 05/14/2024] [Indexed: 06/20/2024] Open
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Temperate phage-mediated horizontal gene transfer is a potent driver of genetic diversity in the evolution of bacteria. Most lambdoid prophages in Escherichia coli are integrated into the chromosome with the same orientation with respect to the direction of chromosomal replication, and their location on the chromosome is far from homogeneous. To better understand these features, we studied the interplay between lysogenic and lytic states of phage lambda in both native and inverted integration orientations at the wild-type integration site as well as at other sites on the bacterial chromosome. Measurements of free phage released by spontaneous induction showed that the stability of lysogenic states is affected by location and orientation along the chromosome, with stronger effects near the origin of replication. Competition experiments and range expansions between lysogenic strains with opposite orientations and insertion loci indicated that there are no major differences in growth. Moreover, measurements of the level of transcriptional bursts of the cI gene coding for the lambda phage repressor using single-molecule fluorescence in situ hybridization resulted in similar levels of transcription for both orientations and prophage location. We postulate that the preference for a given orientation and location is a result of a balance between the maintenance of lysogeny and the ability to lyse.IMPORTANCEThe integration of genetic material of temperate bacterial viruses (phages) into the chromosomes of bacteria is a potent evolutionary force, allowing bacteria to acquire in one stroke new traits and restructure the information in their chromosomes. Puzzlingly, this genetic material is preferentially integrated in a particular orientation and at non-random sites on the bacterial chromosome. The work described here reveals that the interplay between the maintenance of the stability of the integrated phage, its ability to excise, and its localization along the chromosome plays a key role in setting chromosomal organization in Escherichia coli.
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- Xintian Li
- Gene Regulation and Chromosome Biology Laboratory, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Physics of Complex Systems, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Department of Engineering, Reykjavik University, Reykjavík, Iceland
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- Department of Life Sciences Core Facilities, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Gene Regulation and Chromosome Biology Laboratory, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Physics of Complex Systems, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Department of Physics of Complex Systems, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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Tetz V, Kardava K, Vecherkovskaya M, Khodadadi-Jamayran A, Tsirigos A, Tetz G. Previously unknown regulatory role of extracellular RNA on bacterial directional migration. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.07.11.603110. [PMID: 39026763 PMCID: PMC11257571 DOI: 10.1101/2024.07.11.603110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/20/2024]
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Bacterial directional migration plays a significant role in bacterial adaptation. However, the regulation of this process, particularly in young biofilms, remains unclear. Here, we demonstrated the critical role of extracellular RNA as part of the Universal Receptive System in bacterial directional migration using a multidisciplinary approach, including bacterial culture, biochemistry, and genetics. We found that the destruction or inactivation of extracellular RNA with RNase or RNA-specific antibodies in the presence of the chemoattractant triggered the formation of bacterial "runner cells» in what we call a "panic state" capable of directional migration. These cells quickly migrated even on the surface of 1.5% agar and formed evolved colonies that were transcriptionally and biochemically different from the ancestral cells. We have also shown that cell-free DNA from blood plasma can act as a potent bacterial chemoattractant. Our data revealed a previously unknown role of bacterial extracellular RNA in the regulation of bacterial migration and have shown that its destruction or inhibition triggered the directional migration of developing and mature biofilms towards the chemoattractant.
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Sass TH, Lovett ST. The DNA damage response of Escherichia coli, revisited: Differential gene expression after replication inhibition. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2024; 121:e2407832121. [PMID: 38935560 PMCID: PMC11228462 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2407832121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2024] [Accepted: 05/29/2024] [Indexed: 06/29/2024] Open
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In 1967, in this journal, Evelyn Witkin proposed the existence of a coordinated DNA damage response in Escherichia coli, which later came to be called the "SOS response." We revisited this response using the replication inhibitor azidothymidine (AZT) and RNA-Seq analysis and identified several features. We confirm the induction of classic Save our ship (SOS) loci and identify several genes, including many of the pyrimidine pathway, that have not been previously demonstrated to be DNA damage-inducible. Despite a strong dependence on LexA, these genes lack LexA boxes and their regulation by LexA is likely to be indirect via unknown factors. We show that the transcription factor "stringent starvation protein" SspA is as important as LexA in the regulation of AZT-induced genes and that the genes activated by SspA change dramatically after AZT exposure. Our experiments identify additional LexA-independent DNA damage inducible genes, including 22 small RNA genes, some of which appear to activated by SspA. Motility and chemotaxis genes are strongly down-regulated by AZT, possibly as a result of one of more of the small RNAs or other transcription factors such as AppY and GadE, whose expression is elevated by AZT. Genes controlling the iron siderophore, enterobactin, and iron homeostasis are also strongly induced, independent of LexA. We confirm that IraD antiadaptor protein is induced independent of LexA and that a second antiadaptor, IraM is likewise strongly AZT-inducible, independent of LexA, suggesting that RpoS stabilization via these antiadaptor proteins is an integral part of replication stress tolerance.
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- Thalia H Sass
- Department of Biology, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02454-9110
- Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center MS029, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02454-9110
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- Department of Biology, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02454-9110
- Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center MS029, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02454-9110
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Lowry E, Mitchell A. Colibactin-induced damage in bacteria is cell contact independent. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.06.21.600066. [PMID: 38948699 PMCID: PMC11212979 DOI: 10.1101/2024.06.21.600066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/02/2024]
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The bacterial toxin colibactin, produced primarily by the B2 phylogroup of Escherichia coli, underlies some cases of colorectal cancers. Colibactin crosslinks DNA and induces genotoxic damage in both mammalian and bacterial cells. While the mechanisms facilitating colibactin delivery remain unclear, results from multiple studies supported a delivery model that necessitates cell-cell contact. We directly tested this requirement in bacterial cultures by monitoring the spatiotemporal dynamics of the DNA damage response using a fluorescent transcriptional reporter. We found that in mixed-cell populations, DNA damage saturated within twelve hours and was detectable even in reporter cells separated from colibactin producers by hundreds of microns. Experiments with distinctly separated producer and reporter colonies revealed that the intensity of DNA damage decays similarly with distance regardless of colony contact. Our work reveals that cell contact is inconsequential for colibactin delivery in bacteria and suggests that contact-dependence needs to be reexamined in mammalian cells as well. Importance Colibactin is a bacteria-produced toxin that binds and damages DNA. It has been widely studied in mammalian cells due to its potential role in tumorigenesis. However, fundamental questions about its impact in bacteria remain underexplored. We used E. coli as a model system to study colibactin toxicity in neighboring bacteria and directly tested if cell-cell contact is required for toxicity, as has previously been proposed. We found that colibactin can induce DNA damage in bacteria hundreds of microns away and that the intensity of DNA damage presents similarly regardless of cell-cell contact. Our work further suggests that the requirement for cell-cell contact for colibactin-induced toxicity also needs to be reevaluated in mammalian cells.
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Yan M, Yu Z. Viruses contribute to microbial diversification in the rumen ecosystem and are associated with certain animal production traits. MICROBIOME 2024; 12:82. [PMID: 38725064 PMCID: PMC11080232 DOI: 10.1186/s40168-024-01791-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2023] [Accepted: 03/09/2024] [Indexed: 05/12/2024]
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BACKGROUND The rumen microbiome enables ruminants to digest otherwise indigestible feedstuffs, thereby facilitating the production of high-quality protein, albeit with suboptimal efficiency and producing methane. Despite extensive research delineating associations between the rumen microbiome and ruminant production traits, the functional roles of the pervasive and diverse rumen virome remain to be determined. RESULTS Leveraging a recent comprehensive rumen virome database, this study analyzes virus-microbe linkages, at both species and strain levels, across 551 rumen metagenomes, elucidating patterns of microbial and viral diversity, co-occurrence, and virus-microbe interactions. Additionally, this study assesses the potential role of rumen viruses in microbial diversification by analyzing prophages found in rumen metagenome-assembled genomes. Employing CRISPR-Cas spacer-based matching and virus-microbe co-occurrence network analysis, this study suggests that the viruses in the rumen may regulate microbes at strain and community levels through both antagonistic and mutualistic interactions. Moreover, this study establishes that the rumen virome demonstrates responsiveness to dietary shifts and associations with key animal production traits, including feed efficiency, lactation performance, weight gain, and methane emissions. CONCLUSIONS These findings provide a substantive framework for further investigations to unravel the functional roles of the virome in the rumen in shaping the microbiome and influencing overall animal production performance. Video Abstract.
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- Ming Yan
- Department of Animal Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
- Center of Microbiome Science, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Animal Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA.
- Center of Microbiome Science, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.
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Kion-Crosby W, Barquist L. Network depth affects inference of gene sets from bacterial transcriptomes using denoising autoencoders. BIOINFORMATICS ADVANCES 2024; 4:vbae066. [PMID: 39027639 PMCID: PMC11256956 DOI: 10.1093/bioadv/vbae066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2024] [Revised: 04/05/2024] [Accepted: 05/02/2024] [Indexed: 07/20/2024]
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Summary The increasing number of publicly available bacterial gene expression data sets provides an unprecedented resource for the study of gene regulation in diverse conditions, but emphasizes the need for self-supervised methods for the automated generation of new hypotheses. One approach for inferring coordinated regulation from bacterial expression data is through neural networks known as denoising autoencoders (DAEs) which encode large datasets in a reduced bottleneck layer. We have generalized this application of DAEs to include deep networks and explore the effects of network architecture on gene set inference using deep learning. We developed a DAE-based pipeline to extract gene sets from transcriptomic data in Escherichia coli, validate our method by comparing inferred gene sets with known pathways, and have used this pipeline to explore how the choice of network architecture impacts gene set recovery. We find that increasing network depth leads the DAEs to explain gene expression in terms of fewer, more concisely defined gene sets, and that adjusting the width results in a tradeoff between generalizability and biological inference. Finally, leveraging our understanding of the impact of DAE architecture, we apply our pipeline to an independent uropathogenic E.coli dataset to identify genes uniquely induced during human colonization. Availability and implementation https://github.com/BarquistLab/DAE_architecture_exploration.
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- Willow Kion-Crosby
- Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research (HIRI)/Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), 97080 Würzburg, Germany
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Würzburg, 97080 Würzburg, Germany
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- Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research (HIRI)/Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), 97080 Würzburg, Germany
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Würzburg, 97080 Würzburg, Germany
- Department of Biology, University of Toronto, Mississauga, ON L5L 1C6, Canada
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Wang P, Du X, Zhao Y, Wang W, Cai T, Tang K, Wang X. Combining CRISPR/Cas9 and natural excision for the precise and complete removal of mobile genetic elements in bacteria. Appl Environ Microbiol 2024; 90:e0009524. [PMID: 38497640 PMCID: PMC11022536 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00095-24] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2024] [Accepted: 02/23/2024] [Indexed: 03/19/2024] Open
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Horizontal gene transfer, facilitated by mobile genetic elements (MGEs), is an adaptive evolutionary process that contributes to the evolution of bacterial populations and infectious diseases. A variety of MGEs not only can integrate into the bacterial genome but also can survive or even replicate like plasmids in the cytoplasm, thus requiring precise and complete removal for studying their strategies in benefiting host cells. Existing methods for MGE removal, such as homologous recombination-based deletion and excisionase-based methods, have limitations in effectively eliminating certain MGEs. To overcome these limitations, we developed the Cas9-NE method, which combines the CRISPR/Cas9 system with the natural excision of MGEs. In this approach, a specialized single guide RNA (sgRNA) element is designed with a 20-nucleotide region that pairs with the MGE sequence. This sgRNA is expressed from a plasmid that also carries the Cas9 gene. By utilizing the Cas9-NE method, both the integrative and circular forms of MGEs can be precisely and completely eliminated through Cas9 cleavage, generating MGE-removed cells. We have successfully applied the Cas9-NE method to remove four representative MGEs, including plasmids, prophages, and genomic islands, from Vibrio strains. This new approach not only enables various investigations on MGEs but also has significant implications for the rapid generation of strains for commercial purposes.IMPORTANCEMobile genetic elements (MGEs) are of utmost importance for bacterial adaptation and pathogenicity, existing in various forms and multiple copies within bacterial cells. Integrated MGEs play dual roles in bacterial hosts, enhancing the fitness of the host by delivering cargo genes and potentially modifying the bacterial genome through the integration/excision process. This process can lead to alterations in promoters or coding sequences or even gene disruptions at integration sites, influencing the physiological functions of host bacteria. Here, we developed a new approach called Cas9-NE, allowing them to maintain the natural sequence changes associated with MGE excision. Cas9-NE allows the one-step removal of integrated and circular MGEs, addressing the challenge of eliminating various MGE forms efficiently. This approach simplifies MGE elimination in bacteria, expediting research on MGEs.
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- Pengxia Wang
- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, Innovation Academy of South China Sea Ecology and Environmental Engineering, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, Guangzhou
- Guangdong Provincial Observation and Research Station for Coastal Upwelling Ecosystem, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shantou, China
- China, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong LaboratoryGuangzhou
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, Innovation Academy of South China Sea Ecology and Environmental Engineering, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, Guangzhou
- China, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong LaboratoryGuangzhou
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- College of Life Sciences, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, Innovation Academy of South China Sea Ecology and Environmental Engineering, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, Guangzhou
- China, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong LaboratoryGuangzhou
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, Innovation Academy of South China Sea Ecology and Environmental Engineering, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, Guangzhou
- College of Life Sciences, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, Innovation Academy of South China Sea Ecology and Environmental Engineering, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, Guangzhou
- China, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong LaboratoryGuangzhou
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, Innovation Academy of South China Sea Ecology and Environmental Engineering, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, Guangzhou
- China, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong LaboratoryGuangzhou
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Gucwa K, Wons E, Wisniewska A, Jakalski M, Dubiak Z, Kozlowski LP, Mruk I. Lethal perturbation of an Escherichia coli regulatory network is triggered by a restriction-modification system's regulator and can be mitigated by excision of the cryptic prophage Rac. Nucleic Acids Res 2024; 52:2942-2960. [PMID: 38153127 PMCID: PMC11014345 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkad1234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2023] [Revised: 12/08/2023] [Accepted: 12/13/2023] [Indexed: 12/29/2023] Open
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Bacterial gene regulatory networks orchestrate responses to environmental challenges. Horizontal gene transfer can bring in genes with regulatory potential, such as new transcription factors (TFs), and this can disrupt existing networks. Serious regulatory perturbations may even result in cell death. Here, we show the impact on Escherichia coli of importing a promiscuous TF that has adventitious transcriptional effects within the cryptic Rac prophage. A cascade of regulatory network perturbations occurred on a global level. The TF, a C regulatory protein, normally controls a Type II restriction-modification system, but in E. coli K-12 interferes with expression of the RacR repressor gene, resulting in de-repression of the normally-silent Rac ydaT gene. YdaT is a prophage-encoded TF with pleiotropic effects on E. coli physiology. In turn, YdaT alters expression of a variety of bacterial regulons normally controlled by the RcsA TF, resulting in deficient lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis and cell division. At the same time, insufficient RacR repressor results in Rac DNA excision, halting Rac gene expression due to loss of the replication-defective Rac prophage. Overall, Rac induction appears to counteract the lethal toxicity of YdaT. We show here that E. coli rewires its regulatory network, so as to minimize the adverse regulatory effects of the imported C TF. This complex set of interactions may reflect the ability of bacteria to protect themselves by having robust mechanisms to maintain their regulatory networks, and/or suggest that regulatory C proteins from mobile operons are under selection to manipulate their host's regulatory networks for their own benefit.
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- Katarzyna Gucwa
- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Gdansk, Wita Stwosza 59, Gdansk 80-308, Poland
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Gdansk, Wita Stwosza 59, Gdansk 80-308, Poland
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Gdansk, Wita Stwosza 59, Gdansk 80-308, Poland
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- 3P-Medicine Laboratory, Medical University of Gdansk, Debinki 7, 80-211 Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Gdansk, Wita Stwosza 59, Gdansk 80-308, Poland
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- Institute of Informatics, Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Mechanics, University of Warsaw, Banacha 2, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Gdansk, Wita Stwosza 59, Gdansk 80-308, Poland
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Zheng Y, Gao Z, Wu S, Ruan A. Community Structure, Drivers, and Potential Functions of Different Lifestyle Viruses in Chaohu Lake. Viruses 2024; 16:590. [PMID: 38675931 PMCID: PMC11053968 DOI: 10.3390/v16040590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2024] [Revised: 04/06/2024] [Accepted: 04/09/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024] Open
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Viruses, as the most prolific entities on Earth, constitute significant ecological groups within freshwater lakes, exerting pivotal ecological roles. In this study, we selected Chaohu Lake, a representative eutrophic freshwater lake in China, as our research site to explore the community distribution, driving mechanisms, and potential ecological functions of diverse viral communities, the intricate virus-host interaction systems, and the overarching influence of viruses on global biogeochemical cycling.
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- Yu Zheng
- The National Key Laboratory of Water Disaster Prevention, Hohai University, Nanjing 210024, China; (Y.Z.); (Z.G.); (S.W.)
- College of Hydrology and Water Resources, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China
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- The National Key Laboratory of Water Disaster Prevention, Hohai University, Nanjing 210024, China; (Y.Z.); (Z.G.); (S.W.)
- College of Hydrology and Water Resources, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China
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- The National Key Laboratory of Water Disaster Prevention, Hohai University, Nanjing 210024, China; (Y.Z.); (Z.G.); (S.W.)
- College of Hydrology and Water Resources, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China
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- The National Key Laboratory of Water Disaster Prevention, Hohai University, Nanjing 210024, China; (Y.Z.); (Z.G.); (S.W.)
- College of Geography and Remote Sensing, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China
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Li D, Liang W, Huang Z, Ma W, Liu Q. The spontaneously produced lysogenic prophage phi456 promotes bacterial resistance to adverse environments and enhances the colonization ability of avian pathogenic Escherichia coli strain DE456. Vet Res 2024; 55:37. [PMID: 38532498 DOI: 10.1186/s13567-024-01292-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2024] [Accepted: 02/29/2024] [Indexed: 03/28/2024] Open
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In the last decade, prophages that possess the ability of lysogenic transformation have become increasingly significant. Their transfer and subsequent activity in the host have a significant impact on the evolution of bacteria. Here, we investigate the role of prophage phi456 with high spontaneous induction in the bacterial genome of Avian pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC) DE456. The phage particles, phi456, that were released from DE456 were isolated, purified, and sequenced. Additionally, phage particles were no longer observed either during normal growth or induced by nalidixic acid in DE456Δphi456. This indicated that the released phage particles from DE456 were only phi456. We demonstrated that phi456 contributed to biofilm formation through spontaneous induction of the accompanying increase in the eDNA content. The survival ability of DE456Δphi456 was decreased in avian macrophage HD11 under oxidative stress and acidic conditions. This is likely due to a decrease in the transcription levels of three crucial genes-rpoS, katE, and oxyR-which are needed to help the bacteria adapt to and survive in adverse environments. It has been observed through animal experiments that the presence of phi456 in the DE456 genome enhances colonization ability in vivo. Additionally, the number of type I fimbriae in DE456Δphi456 was observed to be reduced under transmission electron microscopy when compared to the wild-type strain. The qRT-PCR results indicated that the expression levels of the subunit of I fimbriae (fimA) and its apical adhesin (fimH) were significantly lower in DE456Δphi456. Therefore, it can be concluded that phi456 plays a crucial role in helping bacterial hosts survive in unfavorable conditions and enhancing the colonization ability in DE456.
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- Dezhi Li
- School of Health Science and Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
- Key Laboratory of Animal Bacteriology, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Liuzhou, China
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- School of Health Science and Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
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- School of Health Science and Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
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- School of Health Science and Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, China.
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Bergum OET, Singleton AH, Røst LM, Bodein A, Scott-Boyer MP, Rye MB, Droit A, Bruheim P, Otterlei M. SOS genes are rapidly induced while translesion synthesis polymerase activity is temporally regulated. Front Microbiol 2024; 15:1373344. [PMID: 38596376 PMCID: PMC11002266 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2024.1373344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2024] [Accepted: 03/11/2024] [Indexed: 04/11/2024] Open
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The DNA damage inducible SOS response in bacteria serves to increase survival of the species at the cost of mutagenesis. The SOS response first initiates error-free repair followed by error-prone repair. Here, we have employed a multi-omics approach to elucidate the temporal coordination of the SOS response. Escherichia coli was grown in batch cultivation in bioreactors to ensure highly controlled conditions, and a low dose of the antibiotic ciprofloxacin was used to activate the SOS response while avoiding extensive cell death. Our results show that expression of genes involved in error-free and error-prone repair were both induced shortly after DNA damage, thus, challenging the established perception that the expression of error-prone repair genes is delayed. By combining transcriptomics and a sub-proteomics approach termed signalomics, we found that the temporal segregation of error-free and error-prone repair is primarily regulated after transcription, supporting the current literature. Furthermore, the heterology index (i.e., the binding affinity of LexA to the SOS box) was correlated to the maximum increase in gene expression and not to the time of induction of SOS genes. Finally, quantification of metabolites revealed increasing pyrimidine pools as a late feature of the SOS response. Our results elucidate how the SOS response is coordinated, showing a rapid transcriptional response and temporal regulation of mutagenesis on the protein and metabolite levels.
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- Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, CHU de Québec Research Center, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, CHU de Québec Research Center, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada
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- Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway
- Clinic of Surgery, St. Olavs Hospital, Trondheim University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway
- Clinic of Laboratory Medicine, St. Olavs Hospital, Trondheim University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway
- BioCore - Bioinformatics Core Facility, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, CHU de Québec Research Center, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada
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- Department of Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway
- Clinic of Laboratory Medicine, St. Olavs Hospital, Trondheim University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway
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Zolfo M, Silverj A, Blanco-Míguez A, Manghi P, Rota-Stabelli O, Heidrich V, Jensen J, Maharjan S, Franzosa E, Menni C, Visconti A, Pinto F, Ciciani M, Huttenhower C, Cereseto A, Asnicar F, Kitano H, Yamada T, Segata N. Discovering and exploring the hidden diversity of human gut viruses using highly enriched virome samples. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.02.19.580813. [PMID: 38464031 PMCID: PMC10925137 DOI: 10.1101/2024.02.19.580813] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/12/2024]
Abstract
Viruses are an abundant and crucial component of the human microbiome, but accurately discovering them via metagenomics is still challenging. Currently, the available viral reference genomes poorly represent the diversity in microbiome samples, and expanding such a set of viral references is difficult. As a result, many viruses are still undetectable through metagenomics even when considering the power of de novo metagenomic assembly and binning, as viruses lack universal markers. Here, we describe a novel approach to catalog new viral members of the human gut microbiome and show how the resulting resource improves metagenomic analyses. We retrieved >3,000 viral-like particles (VLP) enriched metagenomic samples (viromes), evaluated the efficiency of the enrichment in each sample to leverage the viromes of highest purity, and applied multiple analysis steps involving assembly and comparison with hundreds of thousands of metagenome-assembled genomes to discover new viral genomes. We reported over 162,000 viral sequences passing quality control from thousands of gut metagenomes and viromes. The great majority of the retrieved viral sequences (~94.4%) were of unknown origin, most had a CRISPR spacer matching host bacteria, and four of them could be detected in >50% of a set of 18,756 gut metagenomes we surveyed. We included the obtained collection of sequences in a new MetaPhlAn 4.1 release, which can quantify reads within a metagenome matching the known and newly uncovered viral diversity. Additionally, we released the viral database for further virome and metagenomic studies of the human microbiome.
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- Moreno Zolfo
- Department CIBIO, University of Trento, Italy
- Integrated Open Systems Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST), Okinawa, Japan
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- Department CIBIO, University of Trento, Italy
- Center Agriculture Food Environment (C3A), University of Trento, Italy
- Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele all’Adige, Trento, Italy
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- Department CIBIO, University of Trento, Italy
- Center Agriculture Food Environment (C3A), University of Trento, Italy
- Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele all’Adige, Trento, Italy
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- Harvard Chan Microbiome in Public Health Center, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Harvard Chan Microbiome in Public Health Center, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Harvard Chan Microbiome in Public Health Center, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Twin Research & Genetic Epidemiology, King’s College London, London, UK
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- Center for Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Public Health, Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Harvard Chan Microbiome in Public Health Center, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Integrated Open Systems Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST), Okinawa, Japan
- The Systems Biology Institute (SBI), Tokyo, Japan
- IOM Bioworks Pvt. Ltd., Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms (C-CAMP), GKVK Post, Bellary Rd, Bengaluru, Karnataka-560065, India
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- Integrated Open Systems Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST), Okinawa, Japan
- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
- Metagen, Inc., Yamagata, Japan
- Metagen Therapeutics, Inc., Yamagata, Japan
- digzyme, Inc., Tokyo, Japan
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- Department CIBIO, University of Trento, Italy
- Department of Experimental Oncology, IEO European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, Milan, Italy
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Yu J, Zhang H, Ju Z, Huang J, Lin C, Wu J, Wu Y, Sun S, Wang H, Hao G, Zhang A. Increased mutations in lipopolysaccharide biosynthetic genes cause time-dependent development of phage resistance in Salmonella. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2024; 68:e0059423. [PMID: 38193669 PMCID: PMC10848759 DOI: 10.1128/aac.00594-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2023] [Accepted: 11/12/2023] [Indexed: 01/10/2024] Open
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Understanding how bacteria evolve resistance to phages has implications for phage-based therapies and microbial evolution. In this study, the susceptibility of 335 Salmonella isolates to the wide host range Salmonella phage BPSELC-1 was tested. Potentially significant gene sets that could confer resistance were identified using bioinformatics approaches based on phage susceptibility phenotypes; more than 90 potential antiphage defense gene sets, including those involved in lipopolysaccharide (LPS) biosynthesis, DNA replication, secretion systems, and respiratory chain, were found. The evolutionary dynamics of Salmonella resistance to phage were assessed through laboratory evolution experiments, which showed that phage-resistant mutants rapidly developed and exhibited genetic heterogeneity. Most representative Salmonella hosts (58.1% of 62) rapidly developed phage resistance within 24 h. All phage-resistant mutant clones exhibited genetic heterogeneity and observed mutations in LPS-related genes (rfaJ and rfaK) as well as other genes such as cellular respiration, transport, and cell replication-related genes. The study also identified potential trade-offs, indicating that bacteria tend to escape fitness trade-offs through multi-site mutations, all tested mutants increased sensitivity to polymyxin B, but this does not always affect their relative fitness or biofilm-forming capacity. Furthermore, complementing the rfaJ mutant gene could partially restore the phage sensitivity of phage-resistant mutants. These results provide insight into the phage resistance mechanisms of Salmonella and the complexity of bacterial evolution resulting from phage predation, which can inform future strategies for phage-based therapies and microbial evolution.
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- Jing Yu
- Animal Disease Prevention and Food Safety Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Key Laboratory of Bio-Resource and Eco-Environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Animal Disease Prevention and Food Safety Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Key Laboratory of Bio-Resource and Eco-Environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Animal Disease Prevention and Food Safety Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Key Laboratory of Bio-Resource and Eco-Environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, China
- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, China
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- Animal Disease Prevention and Food Safety Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Key Laboratory of Bio-Resource and Eco-Environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Animal Disease Prevention and Food Safety Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Key Laboratory of Bio-Resource and Eco-Environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Animal Disease Prevention and Food Safety Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Key Laboratory of Bio-Resource and Eco-Environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, China
- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, China
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- Animal Disease Prevention and Food Safety Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Key Laboratory of Bio-Resource and Eco-Environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, China
- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, China
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- Animal Disease Prevention and Food Safety Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Key Laboratory of Bio-Resource and Eco-Environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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Fernández-García L, Gao X, Kirigo J, Song S, Battisti ME, Garcia-Contreras R, Tomas M, Guo Y, Wang X, Wood TK. Single-cell analysis reveals that cryptic prophage protease LfgB protects Escherichia coli during oxidative stress by cleaving antitoxin MqsA. Microbiol Spectr 2024; 12:e0347123. [PMID: 38206055 PMCID: PMC10846083 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.03471-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2023] [Accepted: 11/30/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024] Open
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Although toxin/antitoxin (TA) systems are ubiquitous, beyond phage inhibition and mobile element stabilization, their role in host metabolism is obscure. One of the best-characterized TA systems is MqsR/MqsA of Escherichia coli, which has been linked previously to protecting gastrointestinal species during the stress it encounters from the bile salt deoxycholate as it colonizes humans. However, some recent whole-population studies have challenged the role of toxins such as MqsR in bacterial physiology since the mqsRA locus is induced over a hundred-fold during stress, but a phenotype was not found upon its deletion. Here, we investigate further the role of MqsR/MqsA by utilizing single cells and demonstrate that upon oxidative stress, the TA system MqsR/MqsA has a heterogeneous effect on the transcriptome of single cells. Furthermore, we discovered that MqsR activation leads to induction of the poorly characterized yfjXY ypjJ yfjZF operon of cryptic prophage CP4-57. Moreover, deletion of yfjY makes the cells sensitive to H2O2, acid, and heat stress, and this phenotype was complemented. Hence, we recommend yfjY be renamed to lfgB (less fatality gene B). Critically, MqsA represses lfgB by binding the operon promoter, and LfgB is a protease that degrades MqsA to derepress rpoS and facilitate the stress response. Therefore, the MqsR/MqsA TA system facilitates the stress response through cryptic phage protease LfgB.IMPORTANCEThe roles of toxin/antitoxin systems in cell physiology are few and include phage inhibition and stabilization of genetic elements; yet, to date, there are no single-transcriptome studies for toxin/antitoxin systems and few insights for prokaryotes from this novel technique. Therefore, our results with this technique are important since we discover and characterize a cryptic prophage protease that is regulated by the MqsR/MqsA toxin/antitoxin system in order to regulate the host response to oxidative stress.
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- Laura Fernández-García
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA
- Microbiology Department, Hospital A Coruña (HUAC), A Coruña, Spain
- Microbiology Translational and Multidisciplinary (MicroTM)‐Research Institute Biomedical A Coruña (INIBIC) and Microbiology, University of A Coruña (UDC), A Coruña, Spain
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nansha, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nansha, Guangzhou, China
- Innovation Academy of South China Sea Ecology and Environmental Engineering, South China Sea, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, Nansha,, Guangzhou, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA
- Department of Animal Science, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju-Si, Jellabuk-Do, South Korea
- Department of Agricultural Convergence Technology, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju-Si, Jellabuk-Do, South Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico, Mexico
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- Microbiology Department, Hospital A Coruña (HUAC), A Coruña, Spain
- Microbiology Translational and Multidisciplinary (MicroTM)‐Research Institute Biomedical A Coruña (INIBIC) and Microbiology, University of A Coruña (UDC), A Coruña, Spain
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nansha, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nansha, Guangzhou, China
- Innovation Academy of South China Sea Ecology and Environmental Engineering, South China Sea, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, Nansha,, Guangzhou, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), Nansha, Guangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nansha, Guangzhou, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), Nansha, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA
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Goddard C, Nejman-Faleńczyk B, Donaldson LW. The NMR structure of the Ea22 lysogenic developmental protein from lambda bacteriophage. Sci Rep 2024; 14:2685. [PMID: 38302537 PMCID: PMC10834534 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-52996-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2023] [Accepted: 01/25/2024] [Indexed: 02/03/2024] Open
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The ea22 gene resides in a relatively uncharacterized region of the lambda bacteriophage genome between the exo and xis genes and is among the earliest genes transcribed upon infection. In lambda and Shiga toxin-producing phages found in enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) associated with food poisoning, Ea22 favors a lysogenic over lytic developmental state. The Ea22 protein may be considered in terms of three domains: a short amino-terminal domain, a coiled-coiled domain, and a carboxy-terminal domain (CTD). While the full-length protein is tetrameric, the CTD is dimeric when expressed individually. Here, we report the NMR solution structure of the Ea22 CTD that is described by a mixed alpha-beta fold with a dimer interface reinforced by salt bridges. A conserved mobile loop may serve as a ligand for an unknown host protein that works with Ea22 to promote bacterial survival and the formation of new lysogens. From sequence and structural comparisons, the CTD distinguishes lambda Ea22 from homologs encoded by Shiga toxin-producing bacteriophages.
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- Cameron Goddard
- Department of Biology, York University, Toronto, ON, M3J1P3, Canada
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- Department of Biology, York University, Toronto, ON, M3J1P3, Canada.
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Malz D, Styliaris G, Wei ZY, Cirac JI. Preparation of Matrix Product States with Log-Depth Quantum Circuits. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2024; 132:040404. [PMID: 38335337 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.132.040404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2023] [Accepted: 12/19/2023] [Indexed: 02/12/2024]
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We consider the preparation of matrix product states (MPS) on quantum devices via quantum circuits of local gates. We first prove that faithfully preparing translation-invariant normal MPS of N sites requires a circuit depth T=Ω(logN). We then introduce an algorithm based on the renormalization-group transformation to prepare normal MPS with an error ε in depth T=O[log(N/ε)], which is optimal. We also show that measurement and feedback leads to an exponential speedup of the algorithm to T=O[loglog(N/ε)]. Measurements also allow one to prepare arbitrary translation-invariant MPS, including long-range non-normal ones, in the same depth. Finally, the algorithm naturally extends to inhomogeneous MPS.
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- Daniel Malz
- Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Hans-Kopfermann-Str. 1, 85748 Garching, Germany
- Munich Center for Quantum Science and Technology (MCQST), Schellingstr. 4, 80799 München, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Hans-Kopfermann-Str. 1, 85748 Garching, Germany
- Munich Center for Quantum Science and Technology (MCQST), Schellingstr. 4, 80799 München, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Hans-Kopfermann-Str. 1, 85748 Garching, Germany
- Munich Center for Quantum Science and Technology (MCQST), Schellingstr. 4, 80799 München, Germany
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Ishola OA, Kublik S, Durai Raj AC, Ohnmacht C, Schulz S, Foesel BU, Schloter M. Comparative Metagenomic Analysis of Bacteriophages and Prophages in Gnotobiotic Mouse Models. Microorganisms 2024; 12:255. [PMID: 38399658 PMCID: PMC10892684 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms12020255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2023] [Revised: 01/19/2024] [Accepted: 01/23/2024] [Indexed: 02/25/2024] Open
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Gnotobiotic murine models are important to understand microbiota-host interactions. Despite the role of bacteriophages as drivers for microbiome structure and function, there is no information about the structure and function of the gut virome in gnotobiotic models and the link between bacterial and bacteriophage/prophage diversity. We studied the virome of gnotobiotic murine Oligo-MM12 (12 bacterial species) and reduced Altered Schaedler Flora (ASF, three bacterial species). As reference, the virome of Specific Pathogen-Free (SPF) mice was investigated. A metagenomic approach was used to assess prophages and bacteriophages in the guts of 6-week-old female mice. We identified a positive correlation between bacteria diversity, and bacteriophages and prophages. Caudoviricetes (82.4%) were the most prominent class of phages in all samples with differing relative abundance. However, the host specificity of bacteriophages belonging to class Caudoviricetes differed depending on model bacterial diversity. We further studied the role of bacteriophages in horizontal gene transfer and microbial adaptation to the host's environment. Analysis of mobile genetic elements showed the contribution of bacteriophages to the adaptation of bacterial amino acid metabolism. Overall, our results implicate virome "dark matter" and interactions with the host system as factors for microbial community structure and function which determine host health. Taking the importance of the virome in the microbiome diversity and horizontal gene transfer, reductions in the virome might be an important factor driving losses of microbial biodiversity and the subsequent dysbiosis of the gut microbiome.
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- Oluwaseun A. Ishola
- Research Unit for Comparative Microbiome Analysis, Helmholtz Zentrum München—German Research Center for Environmental Health, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany; (O.A.I.)
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- Research Unit for Comparative Microbiome Analysis, Helmholtz Zentrum München—German Research Center for Environmental Health, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany; (O.A.I.)
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- Research Unit for Comparative Microbiome Analysis, Helmholtz Zentrum München—German Research Center for Environmental Health, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany; (O.A.I.)
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- Mucosal Immunology Group, Center of Allery and Environment (ZAUM), Technical University of Munich, Helmholtz Zentrum München, 85764 München, Germany
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- Research Unit for Comparative Microbiome Analysis, Helmholtz Zentrum München—German Research Center for Environmental Health, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany; (O.A.I.)
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- Research Unit for Comparative Microbiome Analysis, Helmholtz Zentrum München—German Research Center for Environmental Health, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany; (O.A.I.)
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- Research Unit for Comparative Microbiome Analysis, Helmholtz Zentrum München—German Research Center for Environmental Health, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany; (O.A.I.)
- Chair for Environmental Microbiology, TUM School of Life Science, Technical University of Munich, 85354 Freising, Germany
- Central Institute for Nutrition and Health, Technical University of Munich, 85354 Freising, Germany
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Tan YH, Arros P, Berríos-Pastén C, Wijaya I, Chu WHW, Chen Y, Cheam G, Mohamed Naim AN, Marcoleta AE, Ravikrishnan A, Nagarajan N, Lagos R, Gan YH. Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae employs genomic island encoded toxins against bacterial competitors in the gut. THE ISME JOURNAL 2024; 18:wrae054. [PMID: 38547398 PMCID: PMC11020217 DOI: 10.1093/ismejo/wrae054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2024] [Revised: 02/24/2024] [Accepted: 03/25/2024] [Indexed: 04/18/2024]
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The hypervirulent lineages of Klebsiella pneumoniae (HvKp) cause invasive infections such as Klebsiella-liver abscess. Invasive infection often occurs after initial colonization of the host gastrointestinal tract by HvKp. Over 80% of HvKp isolates belong to the clonal group 23 sublineage I that has acquired genomic islands (GIs) GIE492 and ICEKp10. Our analysis of 12 361 K. pneumoniae genomes revealed that GIs GIE492 and ICEKp10 are co-associated with the CG23-I and CG10118 HvKp lineages. GIE492 and ICEKp10 enable HvKp to make a functional bacteriocin microcin E492 (mccE492) and the genotoxin colibactin, respectively. We discovered that GIE492 and ICEKp10 play cooperative roles and enhance gastrointestinal colonization by HvKp. Colibactin is the primary driver of this effect, modifying gut microbiome diversity. Our in vitro assays demonstrate that colibactin and mccE492 kill or inhibit a range of Gram-negative Klebsiella species and Escherichia coli strains, including Gram-positive bacteria, sometimes cooperatively. Moreover, mccE492 and colibactin kill human anaerobic gut commensals that are similar to the taxa found altered by colibactin in the mouse intestines. Our findings suggest that GIs GIE492 and ICEKp10 enable HvKp to kill several commensal bacterial taxa during interspecies interactions in the gut. Thus, acquisition of GIE492 and ICEKp10 could enable better carriage in host populations and explain the dominance of the CG23-I HvKp lineage.
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- Yi Han Tan
- Infectious Diseases Translational Research Programme, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 5 Science Drive 2, MD4, Level 2, Singapore 117545, Republic of Singapore
- Department of Biochemistry, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, MD7, 8 Medical Drive, Singapore 117596, Republic of Singapore
- Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (ASTAR), Singapore 138672, Republic of Singapore
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- Grupo de Microbiología Integrativa, Laboratorio de Biología Estructural y Molecular BEM, Facultad de Ciencias, Departamento de Biología, Universidad de Chile, Las Palmeras 3425 Ñuñoa, Santiago, Chile
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- Grupo de Microbiología Integrativa, Laboratorio de Biología Estructural y Molecular BEM, Facultad de Ciencias, Departamento de Biología, Universidad de Chile, Las Palmeras 3425 Ñuñoa, Santiago, Chile
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- Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (ASTAR), Singapore 138672, Republic of Singapore
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- National Public Health Laboratory, National Centre for Infectious Diseases, 16 Jln Tan Tock Seng, Singapore 308442, Republic of Singapore
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- Infectious Diseases Translational Research Programme, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 5 Science Drive 2, MD4, Level 2, Singapore 117545, Republic of Singapore
- Department of Biochemistry, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, MD7, 8 Medical Drive, Singapore 117596, Republic of Singapore
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- Infectious Diseases Translational Research Programme, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 5 Science Drive 2, MD4, Level 2, Singapore 117545, Republic of Singapore
- Department of Biochemistry, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, MD7, 8 Medical Drive, Singapore 117596, Republic of Singapore
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- Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (ASTAR), Singapore 138672, Republic of Singapore
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- Grupo de Microbiología Integrativa, Laboratorio de Biología Estructural y Molecular BEM, Facultad de Ciencias, Departamento de Biología, Universidad de Chile, Las Palmeras 3425 Ñuñoa, Santiago, Chile
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- Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (ASTAR), Singapore 138672, Republic of Singapore
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- Infectious Diseases Translational Research Programme, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 5 Science Drive 2, MD4, Level 2, Singapore 117545, Republic of Singapore
- Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (ASTAR), Singapore 138672, Republic of Singapore
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- Grupo de Microbiología Integrativa, Laboratorio de Biología Estructural y Molecular BEM, Facultad de Ciencias, Departamento de Biología, Universidad de Chile, Las Palmeras 3425 Ñuñoa, Santiago, Chile
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- Infectious Diseases Translational Research Programme, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 5 Science Drive 2, MD4, Level 2, Singapore 117545, Republic of Singapore
- Department of Biochemistry, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, MD7, 8 Medical Drive, Singapore 117596, Republic of Singapore
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Cornuault JK. CRISPRpi: Inducing and Curing Prophage Using the CRISPR Interference. Methods Mol Biol 2024; 2793:257-271. [PMID: 38526735 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3798-2_16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/27/2024]
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We present here a CRISPR-interference-based protocol to trigger prophage induction, even for non-inducible prophages. This method can also be used to cure the prophage from the bacterial host. The method is based on silencing of the phage's repressor transcription, thanks to CRISPR interference. Plasmid electroporation is used to bring the CRISPRi system into the bacteria, specifically on a plasmid carrying spacers targeting the prophage repressor. This method enables prophage induction and curation in a week or two with a high efficiency.
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- Jeffrey K Cornuault
- Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.
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Ahmad-Mansour N, Plumet L, Pouget C, Kissa K, Dunyach-Remy C, Sotto A, Lavigne JP, Molle V. The ROSA-Like Prophage Colonizing Staphylococcus aureus Promotes Intracellular Survival, Biofilm Formation, and Virulence in a Chronic Wound Environment. J Infect Dis 2023; 228:1800-1804. [PMID: 37343134 DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiad218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2023] [Revised: 06/02/2023] [Accepted: 06/20/2023] [Indexed: 06/23/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The transition from colonization to invasion is critical in diabetic foot ulcer (DFU). Staphylococcus aureus can colonize DFU, or invade the underlying tissues, causing serious infections. The ROSA-like prophage has previously been implicated in strain colonization characteristics of S aureus isolates in uninfected ulcers. METHODS In this study, we investigated this prophage in the S aureus-colonizing strain using an in vitro chronic wound medium mimicking the chronic wound environment. RESULTS Chronic wound medium reduced bacterial growth and increased biofilm formation and virulence in a zebrafish model. CONCLUSIONS The ROSA-like prophage promoted intracellular survival of S aureus-colonizing strain in macrophages, keratinocytes, and osteoblasts.
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- VBIC, INSERM U1047, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- VBIC, Department of Microbiology and Hospital Hygiene, CHU Nîmes, University of Montpellier, INSERM U1047 Nîmes, France
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- VBIC, INSERM U1047, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- VBIC, Department of Microbiology and Hospital Hygiene, CHU Nîmes, University of Montpellier, INSERM U1047 Nîmes, France
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- VBIC, Department of Infectious Diseases, CHU Nîmes, University of Montpellier, INSERM U1047 Nîmes, France
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- VBIC, Department of Microbiology and Hospital Hygiene, CHU Nîmes, University of Montpellier, INSERM U1047 Nîmes, France
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- VBIC, INSERM U1047, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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Qi W, Jonker MJ, de Leeuw W, Brul S, ter Kuile BH. Reactive oxygen species accelerate de novo acquisition of antibiotic resistance in E. coli. iScience 2023; 26:108373. [PMID: 38025768 PMCID: PMC10679899 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.108373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2023] [Revised: 09/06/2023] [Accepted: 10/27/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023] Open
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Reactive oxygen species (ROS) produced as a secondary effect of bactericidal antibiotics are hypothesized to play a role in killing bacteria. If correct, ROS may play a role in development of de novo resistance. Here we report that single-gene knockout strains with reduced ROS scavenging exhibited enhanced ROS accumulation and more rapid acquisition of resistance when exposed to sublethal levels of bactericidal antibiotics. Consistent with this observation, the ROS scavenger thiourea in the medium decelerated resistance development. Thiourea downregulated the transcriptional level of error-prone DNA polymerase and DNA glycosylase MutM, which counters the incorporation and accumulation of 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine (8-HOdG) in the genome. The level of 8-HOdG significantly increased following incubation with bactericidal antibiotics but decreased after treatment with the ROS scavenger thiourea. These observations suggest that in E. coli sublethal levels of ROS stimulate de novo development of resistance, providing a mechanistic basis for hormetic responses induced by antibiotics.
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- Wenxi Qi
- Laboratory for Molecular Biology and Microbial Food Safety, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- RNA Biology & Applied Bioinformatics, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- RNA Biology & Applied Bioinformatics, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Laboratory for Molecular Biology and Microbial Food Safety, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Laboratory for Molecular Biology and Microbial Food Safety, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Cronan JE. Two neglected but valuable genetic tools for Escherichia coli and other bacteria: In vivo cosmid packaging and inducible plasmid replication. Mol Microbiol 2023; 120:783-790. [PMID: 37770255 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.15171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2023] [Revised: 09/13/2023] [Accepted: 09/17/2023] [Indexed: 09/30/2023]
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In physiology and synthetic biology, it can be advantageous to introduce a gene into a naive bacterial host under conditions in which all cells receive the gene and remain fully functional. This cannot be done by the usual chemical transformation and electroporation methods due to low efficiency and cell death, respectively. However, in vivo packaging of plasmids (called cosmids) that contain the 223 bp cos site of phage λ results in phage particles that contain concatemers of the cosmid that can be transduced into all cells of a culture. An historical shortcoming of in vivo packaging of cosmids was inefficient packaging and contamination of the particles containing cosmid DNA with a great excess of infectious λ phage. Manipulation of the packaging phage and the host has eliminated these shortcomings resulting in particles that contain only cosmid DNA. Plasmids have the drawback that they can be difficult to remove from cells. Plasmids with conditional replication provide a means to "cure" plasmids from cells. The prevalent conditional replication plasmids are temperature-sensitive plasmids, which are cured at high growth temperature. However, inducible replication plasmids are in some cases more useful, especially since this approach has been applied to plasmids having diverse replication and compatibility properties.
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- John E Cronan
- Departments of Microbiology and Biochemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, USA
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Zhang T, Zhou K, Wang Y, Xu J, Zheng Q, Luo T, Jiao N. Genomic insights into the adaptation of Synechococcus to the coastal environment on Xiamen. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1292150. [PMID: 38059125 PMCID: PMC10696648 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1292150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2023] [Accepted: 11/01/2023] [Indexed: 12/08/2023] Open
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Synechococcus are widely distributed in the global ocean, from the pelagic zone to coastal waters. However, little is known about Synechococcus in coastal seawater due to limitations in isolation and culture conditions. In this study, a combination of metagenomic sequencing technology, flow cytometry sorting, and multiple displacement amplification was used to investigate Synechococcus in the coastal seawater of Xiamen Island. The results revealed 18 clades of Synechococcus and diverse metabolic genes that appear to contribute to their adaptation to the coastal environment. Intriguingly, some metabolic genes related to the metabolism of carbohydrates, energy, nucleotides, and amino acids were found in 89 prophage regions that were detected in 16,258 Synechococcus sequences. The detected metabolic genes can enable prophages to contribute to the adaptation of Synechococcus hosts to the coastal marine environment. The detection of prophages also suggests that the cyanophages have infected Synechococcus. On the other hand, the identification of 773 genes associated with antiviral defense systems indicates that Synechococcus in Xiamen have evolved genetic traits in response to cyanophage infection. Studying the community diversity and functional genes of Synechococcus provides insights into their role in environmental adaptation and marine ecosystems.
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- Ting Zhang
- Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Carbon Sequestration, Carbon Neutral Innovation Research Center, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China
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- Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI, United States
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- Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Carbon Sequestration, Carbon Neutral Innovation Research Center, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China
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- Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Carbon Sequestration, Carbon Neutral Innovation Research Center, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China
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- Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Carbon Sequestration, Carbon Neutral Innovation Research Center, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China
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- Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Carbon Sequestration, Carbon Neutral Innovation Research Center, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China
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- Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Carbon Sequestration, Carbon Neutral Innovation Research Center, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China
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Bartoš O, Klimešová B, Volfová K, Chmel M, Dresler J, Pajer P, Kabíčková H, Adamík P, Modrý D, Fučíková AM, Votýpka J. Two novel Bartonella (sub)species isolated from edible dormice ( Glis glis): hints of cultivation stress-induced genomic changes. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1289671. [PMID: 38033559 PMCID: PMC10684924 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1289671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2023] [Accepted: 10/23/2023] [Indexed: 12/02/2023] Open
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Bartonelloses are neglected emerging infectious diseases caused by facultatively intracellular bacteria transmitted between vertebrate hosts by various arthropod vectors. The highest diversity of Bartonella species has been identified in rodents. Within this study we focused on the edible dormouse (Glis glis), a rodent with unique life-history traits that often enters households and whose possible role in the epidemiology of Bartonella infections had been previously unknown. We identified and cultivated two distinct Bartonella sub(species) significantly diverging from previously described species, which were characterized using growth characteristics, biochemical tests, and various molecular techniques including also proteomics. Two novel (sub)species were described: Bartonella grahamii subsp. shimonis subsp. nov. and Bartonella gliris sp. nov. We sequenced two individual strains per each described (sub)species. During exploratory genomic analyses comparing two genotypes ultimately belonging to the same species, both factually and most importantly even spatiotemporally, we noticed unexpectedly significant structural variation between them. We found that most of the detected structural variants could be explained either by prophage excision or integration. Based on a detailed study of one such event, we argue that prophage deletion represents the most probable explanation of the observed phenomena. Moreover, in one strain of Bartonella grahamii subsp. shimonis subsp. nov. we identified a deletion related to Bartonella Adhesin A, a major pathogenicity factor that modulates bacteria-host interactions. Altogether, our results suggest that even a limited number of passages induced sufficient selective pressure to promote significant changes at the level of the genome.
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- Oldřich Bartoš
- Military Health Institute, Military Medical Agency, Prague, Czechia
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- Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czechia
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- Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czechia
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- Military Health Institute, Military Medical Agency, Prague, Czechia
- Department of Infectious Diseases, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and Military University Hospital Prague, Prague, Czechia
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- Military Health Institute, Military Medical Agency, Prague, Czechia
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- Military Health Institute, Military Medical Agency, Prague, Czechia
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- Military Health Institute, Military Medical Agency, Prague, Czechia
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- Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czechia
- Museum of Natural History, Olomouc, Czechia
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- Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences, České Budějovice, Czechia
- Department of Botany and Zoology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia
- Department of Veterinary Sciences/CINeZ, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czechia
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- Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czechia
- Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences, České Budějovice, Czechia
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Chandan RK, Kumar R, Kabyashree K, Yadav SK, Roy M, Swain DM, Jha G. A prophage tail-like protein facilitates the endophytic growth of Burkholderia gladioli and mounting immunity in tomato. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2023; 240:1202-1218. [PMID: 37559429 DOI: 10.1111/nph.19184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2022] [Accepted: 07/19/2023] [Indexed: 08/11/2023]
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A prophage tail-like protein (Bg_9562) of Burkholderia gladioli strain NGJ1 possesses broad-spectrum antifungal activity, and it is required for the bacterial ability to forage over fungi. Here, we analyzed whether heterologous overexpression of Bg_9562 or exogenous treatment with purified protein can impart disease tolerance in tomato. The physiological relevance of Bg_9562 during endophytic growth of NGJ1 was also investigated. Bg_9562 overexpressing lines demonstrate fungal and bacterial disease tolerance. They exhibit enhanced expression of defense genes and activation of mitogen-activated protein kinases. Treatment with Bg_9562 protein induces defense responses and imparts immunity in wild-type tomato. The defense-inducing ability lies within 18-51 aa region of Bg_9562 and is due to sequence homology with the bacterial flagellin epitope. Interaction studies suggest that Bg_9562 is perceived by FLAGELLIN-SENSING 2 homologs in tomato. The silencing of SlSERK3s (BAK1 homologs) prevents Bg_9562-triggered immunity. Moreover, type III secretion system-dependent translocation of Bg_9562 into host apoplast is important for elicitation of immune responses during colonization of NGJ1. Our study emphasizes that Bg_9562 is important for the endophytic growth of B. gladioli, while the plant perceives it as an indirect indicator of the presence of bacteria to mount immune responses. The findings have practical implications for controlling plant diseases.
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- Ravindra Kumar Chandan
- Plant-Microbe Interactions Lab, National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- Plant-Microbe Interactions Lab, National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- Plant-Microbe Interactions Lab, National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- Plant-Microbe Interactions Lab, National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- Plant-Microbe Interactions Lab, National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- Plant-Microbe Interactions Lab, National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- Plant-Microbe Interactions Lab, National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067, India
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Sudhakari PA, Ramisetty BCM. An Eco-evolutionary Model on Surviving Lysogeny Through Grounding and Accumulation of Prophages. MICROBIAL ECOLOGY 2023; 86:3068-3081. [PMID: 37843655 DOI: 10.1007/s00248-023-02301-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2023] [Accepted: 09/14/2023] [Indexed: 10/17/2023]
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Temperate phages integrate into the bacterial genomes propagating along with the bacterial genomes. Multiple phage elements, representing diverse prophages, are present in most bacterial genomes. The evolutionary events and the ecological dynamics underlying the accumulation of prophage elements in bacterial genomes have yet to be understood. Here, we show that the local wastewater had 7% of lysogens (hosting mitomycin C-inducible prophages), and they showed resistance to superinfection by their corresponding lysates. Genomic analysis of four lysogens and four non-lysogens revealed the presence of multiple prophages (belonging to Myoviridae and Siphoviridae) in both lysogens and non-lysogens. For large-scale comparison, 2180 Escherichia coli genomes isolated from various sources across the globe and 523 genomes specifically isolated from diverse wastewaters were analyzed. A total of 15,279 prophages were predicted among 2180 E. coli genomes and 2802 prophages among 523 global wastewater isolates, with a mean of ~ 5 prophages per genome. These observations indicate that most putative prophages are relics of past bacteria-phage conflicts; they are "grounded" prophages that cannot excise from the bacterial genome. Prophage distribution analysis based on the sequence homology suggested the random distribution of E. coli prophages within and between E. coli clades. The independent occurrence pattern of these prophages indicates extensive horizontal transfers across the genomes. We modeled the eco-evolutionary dynamics to reconstruct the events that could have resulted in the prophage accumulation accounting for infection, superinfection immunity, and grounding. In bacteria-phage conflicts, the bacteria win by grounding the prophage, which could confer superinfection immunity.
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- Pavithra Anantharaman Sudhakari
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Evolution, School of Chemical and Biotechnology, SASTRA Deemed University, 312@ASK1, Thanjavur, India
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Evolution, School of Chemical and Biotechnology, SASTRA Deemed University, 312@ASK1, Thanjavur, India.
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Stone CJ, Boyer GF, Behringer MG. Differential adenine methylation analysis reveals increased variability in 6mA in the absence of methyl-directed mismatch repair. mBio 2023; 14:e0128923. [PMID: 37796009 PMCID: PMC10653831 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.01289-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2023] [Accepted: 08/22/2023] [Indexed: 10/06/2023] Open
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IMPORTANCE Methylation greatly influences the bacterial genome by guiding DNA repair and regulating pathogenic and stress-response phenotypes. But, the rate of epigenetic changes and their consequences on molecular phenotypes are underexplored. Through a detailed characterization of genome-wide adenine methylation in a commonly used laboratory strain of Escherichia coli, we reveal that mismatch repair deficient populations experience an increase in epimutations resulting in a genome-wide reduction of 6mA methylation in a manner consistent with genetic drift. Our findings highlight how methylation patterns evolve and the constraints on epigenetic evolution due to post-replicative DNA repair, contributing to a deeper understanding of bacterial genome evolution and how epimutations may introduce semi-permanent variation that can influence adaptation.
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- Carl J. Stone
- Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Biodesign Center for Mechanisms of Evolution, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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Heiman CM, Vacheron J, Keel C. Evolutionary and ecological role of extracellular contractile injection systems: from threat to weapon. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1264877. [PMID: 37886057 PMCID: PMC10598620 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1264877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2023] [Accepted: 09/26/2023] [Indexed: 10/28/2023] Open
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Contractile injection systems (CISs) are phage tail-related structures that are encoded in many bacterial genomes. These devices encompass the cell-based type VI secretion systems (T6SSs) as well as extracellular CISs (eCISs). The eCISs comprise the R-tailocins produced by various bacterial species as well as related phage tail-like structures such as the antifeeding prophages (Afps) of Serratia entomophila, the Photorhabdus virulence cassettes (PVCs), and the metamorphosis-associated contractile structures (MACs) of Pseudoalteromonas luteoviolacea. These contractile structures are released into the extracellular environment upon suicidal lysis of the producer cell and play important roles in bacterial ecology and evolution. In this review, we specifically portray the eCISs with a focus on the R-tailocins, sketch the history of their discovery and provide insights into their evolution within the bacterial host, their structures and how they are assembled and released. We then highlight ecological and evolutionary roles of eCISs and conceptualize how they can influence and shape bacterial communities. Finally, we point to their potential for biotechnological applications in medicine and agriculture.
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- Clara Margot Heiman
- Department of Fundamental Microbiology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Coluzzi C, Guillemet M, Mazzamurro F, Touchon M, Godfroid M, Achaz G, Glaser P, Rocha EPC. Chance Favors the Prepared Genomes: Horizontal Transfer Shapes the Emergence of Antibiotic Resistance Mutations in Core Genes. Mol Biol Evol 2023; 40:msad217. [PMID: 37788575 PMCID: PMC10575684 DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msad217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2023] [Revised: 09/08/2023] [Accepted: 09/19/2023] [Indexed: 10/05/2023] Open
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Bacterial lineages acquire novel traits at diverse rates in part because the genetic background impacts the successful acquisition of novel genes by horizontal transfer. Yet, how horizontal transfer affects the subsequent evolution of core genes remains poorly understood. Here, we studied the evolution of resistance to quinolones in Escherichia coli accounting for population structure. We found 60 groups of genes whose gain or loss induced an increase in the probability of subsequently becoming resistant to quinolones by point mutations in the gyrase and topoisomerase genes. These groups include functions known to be associated with direct mitigation of the effect of quinolones, with metal uptake, cell growth inhibition, biofilm formation, and sugar metabolism. Many of them are encoded in phages or plasmids. Although some of the chronologies may reflect epidemiological trends, many of these groups encoded functions providing latent phenotypes of antibiotic low-level resistance, tolerance, or persistence under quinolone treatment. The mutations providing resistance were frequent and accumulated very quickly. Their emergence was found to increase the rate of acquisition of other antibiotic resistances setting the path for multidrug resistance. Hence, our findings show that horizontal gene transfer shapes the subsequent emergence of adaptive mutations in core genes. In turn, these mutations further affect the subsequent evolution of resistance by horizontal gene transfer. Given the substantial gene flow within bacterial genomes, interactions between horizontal transfer and point mutations in core genes may be a key to the success of adaptation processes.
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- Charles Coluzzi
- Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, CNRS, UMR3525, Microbial Evolutionary Genomics, Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, CNRS, UMR3525, Microbial Evolutionary Genomics, Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, CNRS, UMR3525, Microbial Evolutionary Genomics, Paris, France
- Collège Doctoral, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, CNRS, UMR3525, Microbial Evolutionary Genomics, Paris, France
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- SMILE Group, Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Biology (CIRB), Collège de France, CNRS, INSERM, Université PSL, Paris, France
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- SMILE Group, Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Biology (CIRB), Collège de France, CNRS, INSERM, Université PSL, Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Université de Paris Cité, CNRS, UMR6047, Unité EERA, Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, CNRS, UMR3525, Microbial Evolutionary Genomics, Paris, France
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Yi Y, Liu S, Hao Y, Sun Q, Lei X, Wang Y, Wang J, Zhang M, Tang S, Tang Q, Zhang Y, Liu X, Wang Y, Xiao X, Jian H. A systematic analysis of marine lysogens and proviruses. Nat Commun 2023; 14:6013. [PMID: 37758717 PMCID: PMC10533544 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-41699-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2023] [Accepted: 09/13/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
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Viruses are ubiquitous in the oceans, exhibiting high abundance and diversity. Here, we systematically analyze existing genomic sequences of marine prokaryotes to compile a Marine Prokaryotic Genome Dataset (MPGD, consisting of over 12,000 bacterial and archaeal genomes) and a Marine Temperate Viral Genome Dataset (MTVGD). At least 40% of the MPGD genomes contain one or more proviral sequences, indicating that they are lysogens. The MTVGD includes over 12,900 viral contigs or putative proviruses, clustered into 10,897 viral genera. We show that lysogens and proviruses are abundant in marine ecosystems, particularly in the deep sea, and marine lysogens differ from non-lysogens in multiple genomic features and growth properties. We reveal several virus-host interaction networks of potential ecological relevance, and identify proviruses that appear to be able to infect (or to be transferred between) different bacterial classes and phyla. Auxiliary metabolic genes in the MTVGD are enriched in functions related to carbohydrate metabolism. Finally, we experimentally demonstrate the impact of a prophage on the transcriptome of a representative marine Shewanella bacterium. Our work contributes to a better understanding of the ecology of marine prokaryotes and their viruses.
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- Yi Yi
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic & Development Sciences, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic & Development Sciences, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic & Development Sciences, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
- Yazhou Bay Institute of Deepsea Sci-Tech, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Sanya, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic & Development Sciences, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic & Development Sciences, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
- Yazhou Bay Institute of Deepsea Sci-Tech, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Sanya, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic & Development Sciences, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic & Development Sciences, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic & Development Sciences, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
- Yazhou Bay Institute of Deepsea Sci-Tech, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Sanya, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic & Development Sciences, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
- Yazhou Bay Institute of Deepsea Sci-Tech, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Sanya, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic & Development Sciences, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic & Development Sciences, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic & Development Sciences, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
- Yazhou Bay Institute of Deepsea Sci-Tech, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Sanya, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic & Development Sciences, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
- Yazhou Bay Institute of Deepsea Sci-Tech, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Sanya, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic & Development Sciences, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
- Yazhou Bay Institute of Deepsea Sci-Tech, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Sanya, China
- Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Zhuhai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic & Development Sciences, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
- Yazhou Bay Institute of Deepsea Sci-Tech, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Sanya, China.
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Zhang M, Wang P, Li C, Segev O, Wang J, Wang X, Yue L, Jiang X, Sheng Y, Levy A, Jiang C, Chen F. Comparative genomic analysis reveals differential genomic characteristics and featured genes between rapid- and slow-growing non-tuberculous mycobacteria. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1243371. [PMID: 37808319 PMCID: PMC10551460 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1243371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2023] [Accepted: 09/05/2023] [Indexed: 10/10/2023] Open
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Introduction Non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) is a major category of environmental bacteria in nature that can be divided into rapidly growing mycobacteria (RGM) and slowly growing mycobacteria (SGM) based on their distinct growth rates. To explore differential molecular mechanisms between RGM and SGM is crucial to understand their survival state, environmental/host adaptation and pathogenicity. Comparative genomic analysis provides a powerful tool for deeply investigating differential molecular mechanisms between them. However, large-scale comparative genomic analysis between RGM and SGM is still uncovered. Methods In this study, we screened 335 high-quality, non-redundant NTM genome sequences covering 187 species from 3,478 online NTM genomes, and then performed a comprehensive comparative genomic analysis to identify differential genomic characteristics and featured genes/protein domains between RGM and SGM. Results Our findings reveal that RGM has a larger genome size, more genes, lower GC content, and more featured genes/protein domains in metabolism of some main substances (e.g. carbohydrates, amino acids, nucleotides, ions, and coenzymes), energy metabolism, signal transduction, replication, transcription, and translation processes, which are essential for its rapid growth requirements. On the other hand, SGM has a smaller genome size, fewer genes, higher GC content, and more featured genes/protein domains in lipid and secondary metabolite metabolisms and cellular defense mechanisms, which help enhance its genome stability and environmental adaptability. Additionally, orthogroup analysis revealed the important roles of bacterial division and bacteriophage associated genes in RGM and secretion system related genes for better environmental adaptation in SGM. Notably, PCoA analysis of the top 20 genes/protein domains showed precision classification between RGM and SGM, indicating the credibility of our screening/classification strategies. Discussion Overall, our findings shed light on differential underlying molecular mechanisms in survival state, adaptation and pathogenicity between RGM and SGM, show the potential for our comparative genomic pipeline to investigate differential genes/protein domains at whole genomic level across different bacterial species on a large scale, and provide an important reference and improved understanding of NTM.
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- Menglu Zhang
- National Engineering Laboratory for AIDS Vaccine, School of Life Science, Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Genome Sciences and Information, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences and China National Center for Bioinformation, Beijing, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Genome Sciences and Information, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences and China National Center for Bioinformation, Beijing, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, The Institute of Environmental Science, The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food, and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Genome Sciences and Information, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences and China National Center for Bioinformation, Beijing, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Genome Sciences and Information, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences and China National Center for Bioinformation, Beijing, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Genome Sciences and Information, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences and China National Center for Bioinformation, Beijing, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Genome Sciences and Information, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences and China National Center for Bioinformation, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory for Molecular Enzymology and Engineering of Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, The Institute of Environmental Science, The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food, and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel
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- National Engineering Laboratory for AIDS Vaccine, School of Life Science, Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Genome Sciences and Information, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences and China National Center for Bioinformation, Beijing, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Genome and Precision Medicine Technologies, Beijing, China
- State Key Laboratory of Pathogenesis, Prevention and Treatment of High Incidence Diseases in Central Asia, Urumqi, China
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Ragunathan PT, Ng Kwan Lim E, Ma X, Massé E, Vanderpool CK. Mechanisms of Regulation of Cryptic Prophage-Encoded Gene Products in Escherichia coli. J Bacteriol 2023; 205:e0012923. [PMID: 37439671 PMCID: PMC10448788 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00129-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2023] [Accepted: 06/12/2023] [Indexed: 07/14/2023] Open
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The dicBF operon of Qin cryptic prophage in Escherichia coli K-12 encodes the small RNA (sRNA) DicF and small protein DicB, which regulate host cell division and are toxic when overexpressed. While new functions of DicB and DicF have been identified in recent years, the mechanisms controlling the expression of the dicBF operon have remained unclear. Transcription from dicBp, the major promoter of the dicBF operon, is repressed by DicA. In this study, we discovered that transcription of the dicBF operon and processing of the polycistronic mRNA is regulated by multiple mechanisms. DicF sRNA accumulates during stationary phase and is processed from the polycistronic dicBF mRNA by the action of both RNase III and RNase E. DicA-mediated transcriptional repression of dicBp can be relieved by an antirepressor protein, Rem, encoded on the Qin prophage. Ectopic production of Rem results in cell filamentation due to strong induction of the dicBF operon, and filamentation is mediated by DicF and DicB. Spontaneous derepression of dicBp occurs in a subpopulation of cells independent of the antirepressor. This phenomenon is reminiscent of the bistable switch of λ phage with DicA and DicC performing functions similar to those of CI and Cro, respectively. Additional experiments demonstrate stress-dependent induction of the dicBF operon. Collectively, our results illustrate that toxic genes carried on cryptic prophages are subject to layered mechanisms of control, some that are derived from the ancestral phage and some that are likely later adaptations. IMPORTANCE Cryptic or defective prophages have lost genes necessary to excise from the bacterial chromosome and produce phage progeny. In recent years, studies have found that cryptic prophage gene products influence diverse aspects of bacterial host cell physiology. However, to obtain a complete understanding of the relationship between cryptic prophages and the host bacterium, identification of the environmental, host, or prophage-encoded factors that induce the expression of cryptic prophage genes is crucial. In this study, we examined the regulation of a cryptic prophage operon in Escherichia coli encoding a small RNA and a small protein that are involved in inhibiting bacterial cell division, altering host metabolism, and protecting the host bacterium from phage infections.
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- Preethi T. Ragunathan
- Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Functional Genomics, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Functional Genomics, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA
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Braetz S, Schwerk P, Figueroa-Bossi N, Tedin K, Fulde M. Prophage Gifsy-1 Induction in Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Reduces Persister Cell Formation after Ciprofloxacin Exposure. Microbiol Spectr 2023; 11:e0187423. [PMID: 37306609 PMCID: PMC10433948 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.01874-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2023] [Accepted: 05/28/2023] [Indexed: 06/13/2023] Open
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Persister cells are drug-tolerant bacteria capable of surviving antibiotic treatment despite the absence of heritable resistance mechanisms. It is generally thought that persister cells survive antibiotic exposure through the implementation of stress responses and/or energy-sparing strategies. Exposure to DNA gyrase-targeting antibiotics could be particularly detrimental for bacteria that carry prophages integrated in their genomes. Gyrase inhibitors are known to induce prophages to switch from their dormant lysogenic state into the lytic cycle, causing the lysis of their bacterial host. However, the influence of resident prophages on the formation of persister cells has only been recently appreciated. Here, we evaluated the effect of endogenous prophage carriage on the generation of bacterial persistence during Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium exposure to both gyrase-targeting antibiotics and other classes of bactericidal antibiotics. Results from the analysis of strain variants harboring different prophage combinations revealed that prophages play a major role in limiting the formation of persister cells during exposure to DNA-damaging antibiotics. In particular, we present evidence that prophage Gifsy-1 (and its encoded lysis proteins) are major factors limiting persister cell formation upon ciprofloxacin exposure. Resident prophages also appear to have a significant impact on the initial drug susceptibility, resulting in an alteration of the characteristic biphasic killing curve of persister cells into a triphasic curve. In contrast, a prophage-free derivative of S. Typhimurium showed no difference in the killing kinetics for β-lactam or aminoglycoside antibiotics. Our study demonstrates that induction of prophages increased the susceptibility toward DNA gyrase inhibitors in S. Typhimurium, suggesting that prophages have the potential for enhancing antibiotic efficacy. IMPORTANCE Bacterial infections resulting from antibiotic treatment failure can often be traced to nonresistant persister cells. Moreover, intermittent or single treatment of persister cells with β-lactam antibiotics or fluoroquinolones can lead to the formation of drug-resistant bacteria and to the emergence of multiresistant strains. It is therefore important to have a better understanding of the mechanisms that impact persister formation. Our results indicate that prophage-associated bacterial killing significantly reduces persister cell formation in lysogenic cells exposed to DNA-gyrase-targeting drugs. This suggests that therapies based on gyrase inhibitors should be favored over alternative strategies when dealing with lysogenic pathogens.
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- Sebastian Braetz
- Institute of Microbiology and Epizootics, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Veterinary Centre for Resistance Research (TZR), Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology and Epizootics, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Veterinary Centre for Resistance Research (TZR), Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Institute of Microbiology and Epizootics, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Veterinary Centre for Resistance Research (TZR), Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology and Epizootics, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Veterinary Centre for Resistance Research (TZR), Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Haddock NL, Barkal LJ, Ram-Mohan N, Kaber G, Chiu CY, Bhatt AS, Yang S, Bollyky PL. Phage diversity in cell-free DNA identifies bacterial pathogens in human sepsis cases. Nat Microbiol 2023; 8:1495-1507. [PMID: 37308590 PMCID: PMC10911932 DOI: 10.1038/s41564-023-01406-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2022] [Accepted: 05/10/2023] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Bacteriophages, viruses that infect bacteria, have great specificity for their bacterial hosts at the strain and species level. However, the relationship between the phageome and associated bacterial population dynamics is unclear. Here we generated a computational pipeline to identify sequences associated with bacteriophages and their bacterial hosts in cell-free DNA from plasma samples. Analysis of two independent cohorts, including a Stanford Cohort of 61 septic patients and 10 controls and the SeqStudy cohort of 224 septic patients and 167 controls, reveals a circulating phageome in the plasma of all sampled individuals. Moreover, infection is associated with overrepresentation of pathogen-specific phages, allowing for identification of bacterial pathogens. We find that information on phage diversity enables identification of the bacteria that produced these phages, including pathovariant strains of Escherichia coli. Phage sequences can likewise be used to distinguish between closely related bacterial species such as Staphylococcus aureus, a frequent pathogen, and coagulase-negative Staphylococcus, a frequent contaminant. Phage cell-free DNA may have utility in studying bacterial infections.
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- Naomi L Haddock
- Immunology Program, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Division of Hematology, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
- Department of Genetics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
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Klein T, Funke F, Rossbach O, Lehmann G, Vockenhuber M, Medenbach J, Suess B, Meister G, Babinger P. Investigating the Prevalence of RNA-Binding Metabolic Enzymes in E. coli. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:11536. [PMID: 37511294 PMCID: PMC10380284 DOI: 10.3390/ijms241411536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2023] [Revised: 07/07/2023] [Accepted: 07/12/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023] Open
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An open research field in cellular regulation is the assumed crosstalk between RNAs, metabolic enzymes, and metabolites, also known as the REM hypothesis. High-throughput assays have produced extensive interactome data with metabolic enzymes frequently found as hits, but only a few examples have been biochemically validated, with deficits especially in prokaryotes. Therefore, we rationally selected nineteen Escherichia coli enzymes from such datasets and examined their ability to bind RNAs using two complementary methods, iCLIP and SELEX. Found interactions were validated by EMSA and other methods. For most of the candidates, we observed no RNA binding (12/19) or a rather unspecific binding (5/19). Two of the candidates, namely glutamate-5-kinase (ProB) and quinone oxidoreductase (QorA), displayed specific and previously unknown binding to distinct RNAs. We concentrated on the interaction of QorA to the mRNA of yffO, a grounded prophage gene, which could be validated by EMSA and MST. Because the physiological function of both partners is not known, the biological relevance of this interaction remains elusive. Furthermore, we found novel RNA targets for the MS2 phage coat protein that served us as control. Our results indicate that RNA binding of metabolic enzymes in procaryotes is less frequent than suggested by the results of high-throughput studies, but does occur.
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- Thomas Klein
- Institute of Biophysics and Physical Biochemistry, Regensburg Center for Biochemistry, University of Regensburg, D-93040 Regensburg, Germany
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- Institute of Biophysics and Physical Biochemistry, Regensburg Center for Biochemistry, University of Regensburg, D-93040 Regensburg, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology and Chemistry, University of Giessen, D-35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, Regensburg Center for Biochemistry, University of Regensburg, D-93040 Regensburg, Germany
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- Centre for Synthetic Biology, Technical University of Darmstadt, D-64287 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, Regensburg Center for Biochemistry, University of Regensburg, D-93040 Regensburg, Germany
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- Centre for Synthetic Biology, Technical University of Darmstadt, D-64287 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, Regensburg Center for Biochemistry, University of Regensburg, D-93040 Regensburg, Germany
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- Institute of Biophysics and Physical Biochemistry, Regensburg Center for Biochemistry, University of Regensburg, D-93040 Regensburg, Germany
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Carroll LM, Piacenza N, Cheng RA, Wiedmann M, Guldimann C. A multidrug-resistant Salmonella enterica Typhimurium DT104 complex lineage circulating among humans and cattle in the USA lost the ability to produce pertussis-like toxin ArtAB. Microb Genom 2023; 9:mgen001050. [PMID: 37402177 PMCID: PMC10438809 DOI: 10.1099/mgen.0.001050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2022] [Accepted: 05/23/2023] [Indexed: 07/06/2023] Open
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Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serotype Typhimurium definitive type 104 (DT104) can infect both humans and animals and is often multidrug-resistant (MDR). Previous studies have indicated that, unlike most S . Typhimurium, the overwhelming majority of DT104 strains produce pertussis-like toxin ArtAB via prophage-encoded genes artAB . However, DT104 that lack artAB have been described on occasion. Here, we identify an MDR DT104 complex lineage circulating among humans and cattle in the USA, which lacks artAB (i.e. the ‘U.S. artAB -negative major clade’; n =42 genomes). Unlike most other bovine- and human-associated DT104 complex strains from the USA (n =230 total genomes), which harbour artAB on prophage Gifsy-1 (n =177), members of the U.S. artAB -negative major clade lack Gifsy-1, as well as anti-inflammatory effector gogB . The U.S. artAB -negative major clade encompasses human- and cattle-associated strains isolated from ≥11 USA states over a 20-year period. The clade was predicted to have lost artAB , Gifsy-1 and gogB circa 1985–1987 (95 % highest posterior density interval 1979.0–1992.1). When compared to DT104 genomes from other regions of the world (n =752 total genomes), several additional, sporadic artAB , Gifsy-1 and/or gogB loss events among clades encompassing five or fewer genomes were observed. Using phenotypic assays that simulate conditions encountered during human and/or bovine digestion, members of the U.S. artAB -negative major clade did not differ from closely related Gifsy-1/artAB /gogB -harbouring U.S. DT104 complex strains (ANOVA raw P >0.05); thus, future research is needed to elucidate the roles that artAB , gogB and Gifsy-1 play in DT104 virulence in humans and animals.
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- Laura M. Carroll
- Department of Clinical Microbiology, SciLifeLab, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
- Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden (MIMS), Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
- Umeå Centre for Microbial Research, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
- Integrated Science Lab, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Chair for Food Safety and Analytics, Ludwig-Maximillians-University Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Food Science and Technology, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
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- Department of Food Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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- Chair for Food Safety and Analytics, Ludwig-Maximillians-University Munich, Munich, Germany
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Bueren EK, Weinheimer AR, Aylward FO, Hsu BB, Haak DC, Belden LK. Characterization of prophages in bacterial genomes from the honey bee ( Apis mellifera) gut microbiome. PeerJ 2023; 11:e15383. [PMID: 37312882 PMCID: PMC10259446 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.15383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2022] [Accepted: 04/18/2023] [Indexed: 06/15/2023] Open
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The gut of the European honey bee (Apis mellifera) possesses a relatively simple bacterial community, but little is known about its community of prophages (temperate bacteriophages integrated into the bacterial genome). Although prophages may eventually begin replicating and kill their bacterial hosts, they can also sometimes be beneficial for their hosts by conferring protection from other phage infections or encoding genes in metabolic pathways and for toxins. In this study, we explored prophages in 17 species of core bacteria in the honey bee gut and two honey bee pathogens. Out of the 181 genomes examined, 431 putative prophage regions were predicted. Among core gut bacteria, the number of prophages per genome ranged from zero to seven and prophage composition (the compositional percentage of each bacterial genome attributable to prophages) ranged from 0 to 7%. Snodgrassella alvi and Gilliamella apicola had the highest median prophages per genome (3.0 ± 1.46; 3.0 ± 1.59), as well as the highest prophage composition (2.58% ± 1.4; 3.0% ± 1.59). The pathogen Paenibacillus larvae had a higher median number of prophages (8.0 ± 5.33) and prophage composition (6.40% ± 3.08) than the pathogen Melissococcus plutonius or any of the core bacteria. Prophage populations were highly specific to their bacterial host species, suggesting most prophages were acquired recently relative to the divergence of these bacterial groups. Furthermore, functional annotation of the predicted genes encoded within the prophage regions indicates that some prophages in the honey bee gut encode additional benefits to their bacterial hosts, such as genes in carbohydrate metabolism. Collectively, this survey suggests that prophages within the honey bee gut may contribute to the maintenance and stability of the honey bee gut microbiome and potentially modulate specific members of the bacterial community, particularly S. alvi and G. apicola.
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- Emma K. Bueren
- Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, VA, United States of America
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, VA, United States of America
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, VA, United States of America
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, VA, United States of America
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- School of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, VA, United States of America
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, VA, United States of America
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Hongo JA, de Castro GM, Albuquerque Menezes AP, Rios Picorelli AC, Martins da Silva TT, Imada EL, Marchionni L, Del-Bem LE, Vieira Chaves A, Almeida GMDF, Campelo F, Lobo FP. CALANGO: A phylogeny-aware comparative genomics tool for discovering quantitative genotype-phenotype associations across species. PATTERNS (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2023; 4:100728. [PMID: 37409050 PMCID: PMC10318336 DOI: 10.1016/j.patter.2023.100728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2022] [Revised: 12/08/2022] [Accepted: 03/15/2023] [Indexed: 07/07/2023]
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Living species vary significantly in phenotype and genomic content. Sophisticated statistical methods linking genes with phenotypes within a species have led to breakthroughs in complex genetic diseases and genetic breeding. Despite the abundance of genomic and phenotypic data available for thousands of species, finding genotype-phenotype associations across species is challenging due to the non-independence of species data resulting from common ancestry. To address this, we present CALANGO (comparative analysis with annotation-based genomic components), a phylogeny-aware comparative genomics tool to find homologous regions and biological roles associated with quantitative phenotypes across species. In two case studies, CALANGO identified both known and previously unidentified genotype-phenotype associations. The first study revealed unknown aspects of the ecological interaction between Escherichia coli, its integrated bacteriophages, and the pathogenicity phenotype. The second identified an association between maximum height in angiosperms and the expansion of a reproductive mechanism that prevents inbreeding and increases genetic diversity, with implications for conservation biology and agriculture.
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- Jorge Augusto Hongo
- Instituto de Computação, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, Sao Paulo 13083-872, Brazil
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- Department of Genetics, Ecology and Evolution, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais 31270-901, Brazil
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- Department of Genetics, Ecology and Evolution, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais 31270-901, Brazil
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- Department of Genetics, Ecology and Evolution, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais 31270-901, Brazil
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- Department of Genetics, Ecology and Evolution, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais 31270-901, Brazil
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY 10021, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY 10021, USA
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- Department of Botany, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais 31270-901, Brazil
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- Department of Genetics, Ecology and Evolution, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais 31270-901, Brazil
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- Faculty of Biosciences, Fisheries and Economics, Norwegian College of Fishery Science, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, 9019 Tromsø, Norway
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- Department of Computer Science, College of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham B4 7ET, UK
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- Department of Genetics, Ecology and Evolution, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais 31270-901, Brazil
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Kang F, Chai Z, Li B, Hu M, Yang Z, Wang X, Liu W, Ren H, Jin Y, Yue J. Characterization and Diversity of Klebsiella pneumoniae Prophages. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24119116. [PMID: 37298067 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24119116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2023] [Revised: 05/10/2023] [Accepted: 05/18/2023] [Indexed: 06/12/2023] Open
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Klebsiella pneumoniae is a common human commensal and opportunistic pathogen. In recent years, the clinical isolation and resistance rates of K. pneumoniae have shown a yearly increase, leading to a special interest in mobile genetic elements. Prophages are a representative class of mobile genetic elements that can carry host-friendly genes, transfer horizontally between strains, and coevolve with the host's genome. In this study, we identified 15,946 prophages from the genomes of 1437 fully assembled K. pneumoniae deposited in the NCBI database, with 9755 prophages on chromosomes and 6191 prophages on plasmids. We found prophages to be notably diverse and widely disseminated in the K. pneumoniae genomes. The K. pneumoniae prophages encoded multiple putative virulence factors and antibiotic resistance genes. The comparison of strain types with prophage types suggests that the two may be related. The differences in GC content between the same type of prophages and the genomic region in which they were located indicates the alien properties of the prophages. The overall distribution of GC content suggests that prophages integrated on chromosomes and plasmids may have different evolutionary characteristics. These results suggest a high prevalence of prophages in the K. pneumoniae genome and highlight the effect of prophages on strain characterization.
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- Fuqiang Kang
- Laboratory of Advanced Biotechnology & State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Biotechnology, Beijing 100071, China
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- Laboratory of Advanced Biotechnology & State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Biotechnology, Beijing 100071, China
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- Laboratory of Advanced Biotechnology & State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Biotechnology, Beijing 100071, China
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- Laboratory of Advanced Biotechnology & State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Biotechnology, Beijing 100071, China
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- Laboratory of Advanced Biotechnology & State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Biotechnology, Beijing 100071, China
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- Laboratory of Advanced Biotechnology & State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Biotechnology, Beijing 100071, China
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- Laboratory of Advanced Biotechnology & State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Biotechnology, Beijing 100071, China
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- Laboratory of Advanced Biotechnology & State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Biotechnology, Beijing 100071, China
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- Laboratory of Advanced Biotechnology & State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Biotechnology, Beijing 100071, China
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- Laboratory of Advanced Biotechnology & State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Biotechnology, Beijing 100071, China
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Seethalakshmi PS, Rajeev R, Prabhakaran A, Kiran GS, Selvin J. The menace of colistin resistance across globe: Obstacles and opportunities in curbing its spread. Microbiol Res 2023; 270:127316. [PMID: 36812837 DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2023.127316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2022] [Revised: 11/27/2022] [Accepted: 02/01/2023] [Indexed: 02/11/2023]
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Colistin-resistance in bacteria is a big concern for public health, since it is a last resort antibiotic to treat infectious diseases of multidrug resistant and carbapenem resistant Gram-negative pathogens in clinical settings. The emergence of colistin resistance in aquaculture and poultry settings has escalated the risks associated with colistin resistance in environment as well. The staggering number of reports pertaining to the rise of colistin resistance in bacteria from clinical and non-clinical settings is disconcerting. The co-existence of colistin resistant genes with other antibiotic resistant genes introduces new challenges in combatting antimicrobial resistance. Some countries have banned the manufacture, sale and distribution of colistin and its formulations for food producing animals. However, to tackle the issue of antimicrobial resistance, a one health approach initiative, inclusive of human, animal, and environmental health needs to be developed. Herein, we review the recent reports in colistin resistance in bacteria of clinical and non-clinical settings, deliberating on the new findings obtained regarding the development of colistin resistance. This review also discusses the initiatives implemented globally in mitigating colistin resistance, their strength and weakness.
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- P S Seethalakshmi
- Department of Microbiology, Pondicherry University, Puducherry 605014, India.
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- Department of Microbiology, Pondicherry University, Puducherry 605014, India.
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- Department of Food Science and Technology, Pondicherry University, Puducherry 605014, India.
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- Department of Microbiology, Pondicherry University, Puducherry 605014, India.
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Gaougaou G, Vincent AT, Krylova K, Habouria H, Bessaiah H, Baraketi A, Veyrier FJ, Dozois CM, Déziel E, Lacroix M. Adaptive Radioresistance of Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 Results in Genomic Loss of Shiga Toxin-Encoding Prophages. Appl Environ Microbiol 2023; 89:e0130622. [PMID: 37014232 PMCID: PMC10132102 DOI: 10.1128/aem.01306-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2022] [Accepted: 03/10/2023] [Indexed: 04/05/2023] Open
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Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) O157:H7 is a foodborne pathogen producing Shiga toxins (Stx1 and Stx2), which can cause hemorrhagic diarrhea and life-threatening infections. O157:H7 strain EDL933 carries prophages CP-933V and BP-933W, which encode Shiga toxin genes (stx1 and stx2, respectively). The aim of this work was to investigate the mechanisms of adaptive resistance of EHEC strain EDL933 to a typically lethal dose of gamma irradiation (1.5 kGy). Adaptive selection through six passages of exposure to 1.5 kGy resulted in the loss of CP-933V and BP-933W prophages from the genome and mutations within three genes: wrbA, rpoA, and Wt_02639 (molY). Three selected EHEC clones that became irradiation adapted to the 1.5-kGy dose (C1, C2, and C3) demonstrated increased resistance to oxidative stress, sensitivity to acid pH, and decreased cytotoxicity to Vero cells. To confirm that loss of prophages plays a role in increased radioresistance, clones C1 and C2 were exposed to bacteriophage-containing lysates. Although phage BP-933W could lysogenize C1, C2, and E. coli K-12 strain MG1655, it was not found to have integrated into the bacterial chromosome in C1-Φ and C2-Φ lysogens. Interestingly, for the E. coli K-12 lysogen (K-12-Φ), BP-933W DNA had integrated at the wrbA gene (K-12-Φ). Both C1-Φ and C2-Φ lysogens regained sensitivity to oxidative stress, were more effectively killed by a 1.5-kGy gamma irradiation dose, and had regained cytotoxicity and acid resistance phenotypes. Further, the K-12-Φ lysogen became cytotoxic, more sensitive to gamma irradiation and oxidative stress, and slightly more acid resistant. IMPORTANCE Gamma irradiation of food products can provide an effective means of eliminating bacterial pathogens such as enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) O157:H7, a significant foodborne pathogen that can cause severe disease due to the production of Stx. To decipher the mechanisms of adaptive resistance of the O157:H7 strain EDL933, we evolved clones of this bacterium resistant to a lethal dose of gamma irradiation by repeatedly exposing bacterial cells to irradiation following a growth restoration over six successive passages. Our findings provide evidence that adaptive selection involved modifications in the bacterial genome, including deletion of the CP-933V and BP-933W prophages. These mutations in EHEC O157:H7 resulted in loss of stx1 and stx2, loss of cytotoxicity to epithelial cells, and decreased resistance to acidity, critical virulence determinants of EHEC, concomitant with increased resistance to lethal irradiation and oxidative stress. These findings demonstrate that the potential adaptation of EHEC to high doses of radiation would involve elimination of the Stx-encoding phages and likely lead to a substantial attenuation of virulence.
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- Ghizlane Gaougaou
- INRS-Centre Armand-Frappier Santé Biotechnologie, Laval, Québec, Canada
- Research Laboratories in Sciences Applied to Food, Canadian Irradiation Centre, INRS-Centre Armand-Frappier Santé Biotechnologie, Laval, Québec, Canada
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- INRS-Centre Armand-Frappier Santé Biotechnologie, Laval, Québec, Canada
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- INRS-Centre Armand-Frappier Santé Biotechnologie, Laval, Québec, Canada
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- INRS-Centre Armand-Frappier Santé Biotechnologie, Laval, Québec, Canada
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- INRS-Centre Armand-Frappier Santé Biotechnologie, Laval, Québec, Canada
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- Research Laboratories in Sciences Applied to Food, Canadian Irradiation Centre, INRS-Centre Armand-Frappier Santé Biotechnologie, Laval, Québec, Canada
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- INRS-Centre Armand-Frappier Santé Biotechnologie, Laval, Québec, Canada
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- INRS-Centre Armand-Frappier Santé Biotechnologie, Laval, Québec, Canada
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- INRS-Centre Armand-Frappier Santé Biotechnologie, Laval, Québec, Canada
- Research Laboratories in Sciences Applied to Food, Canadian Irradiation Centre, INRS-Centre Armand-Frappier Santé Biotechnologie, Laval, Québec, Canada
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Liu R, Li Z, Han G, Cun S, Hou D, Yu Z, Xue K, Liu X. Microbial density-dependent viral dynamics and low activity of temperate phages in the activated sludge process. WATER RESEARCH 2023; 232:119709. [PMID: 36764107 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2023.119709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2022] [Revised: 01/31/2023] [Accepted: 02/04/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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The ecological behavior of bacteriophages (phages), the most abundant biological entity in wastewater treatment systems, is poorly understood, especially that of temperate phages. Here, the temporal dynamics of lytic and temperate phages in a laboratory-scale activated sludge reactor with a sludge bulking issue was investigated using coupled sludge metagenomic and viromic analyses. The lysogenic fragments (prophages) identified were widely distributed in the reconstructed metagenome-assembled genomes (61.7%, n = 227). However, only 12.3% of the identified prophages experienced lysogenic-lytic switching, and the abundance contribution of prophages to free virus communities was only 0.02-0.3%, indicating low activity of temperate phages. Although the sludge community changed dramatically during reactor operation, no massive prophage induction events were detected. Statistical analyses showed strong correlations between sludge concentration and free virus and temperate phage communities, suggesting microbial density-dependent virus dynamics in the sludge microbiota.
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- Ruyin Liu
- College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.19(A) Yuquan Road, Shijingshan District, Beijing 100049, China; RCEES-IMCAS-UCAS Joint-Lab of Microbial Technology for Environmental Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; Yanshan Earth Critical Zone National Research Station, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; Binzhou Institute of Technology, Weiqiao-UCAS Science and Technology Park, Binzhou City, Shandong Province, China.
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- College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.19(A) Yuquan Road, Shijingshan District, Beijing 100049, China; RCEES-IMCAS-UCAS Joint-Lab of Microbial Technology for Environmental Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; Yanshan Earth Critical Zone National Research Station, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.19(A) Yuquan Road, Shijingshan District, Beijing 100049, China; RCEES-IMCAS-UCAS Joint-Lab of Microbial Technology for Environmental Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; Yanshan Earth Critical Zone National Research Station, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.19(A) Yuquan Road, Shijingshan District, Beijing 100049, China; RCEES-IMCAS-UCAS Joint-Lab of Microbial Technology for Environmental Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; Yanshan Earth Critical Zone National Research Station, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.19(A) Yuquan Road, Shijingshan District, Beijing 100049, China; RCEES-IMCAS-UCAS Joint-Lab of Microbial Technology for Environmental Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; Yanshan Earth Critical Zone National Research Station, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.19(A) Yuquan Road, Shijingshan District, Beijing 100049, China; Yanshan Earth Critical Zone National Research Station, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.19(A) Yuquan Road, Shijingshan District, Beijing 100049, China; Yanshan Earth Critical Zone National Research Station, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
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McGuire BE, Nano FE. Whole-genome sequencing analysis of two heat-evolved Escherichia coli strains. BMC Genomics 2023; 24:154. [PMID: 36973666 PMCID: PMC10044804 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-023-09266-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2022] [Accepted: 03/21/2023] [Indexed: 03/29/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND High temperatures cause a suite of problems for cells, including protein unfolding and aggregation; increased membrane fluidity; and changes in DNA supercoiling, RNA stability, transcription and translation. Consequently, enhanced thermotolerance can evolve through an unknown number of genetic mechanisms even in the simple model bacterium Escherichia coli. To date, each E. coli study exploring this question resulted in a different set of mutations. To understand the changes that can arise when an organism evolves to grow at higher temperatures, we sequenced and analyzed two previously described E. coli strains, BM28 and BM28 ΔlysU, that have been laboratory adapted to the highest E. coli growth temperature reported to date. RESULTS We found three large deletions in the BM28 and BM28 ΔlysU strains of 123, 15 and 8.5 kb in length and an expansion of IS10 elements. We found that BM28 and BM28 ΔlysU have considerably different genomes, suggesting that the BM28 culture that gave rise to BM28 and BM28 ΔlysU was a mixed population of genetically different cells. Consistent with published findings of high GroESL expression in BM28, we found that BM28 inexplicitly carries the groESL bearing plasmid pOF39 that was maintained simply by high-temperature selection pressure. We identified over 200 smaller insertions, deletions, single nucleotide polymorphisms and other mutations, including changes in master regulators such as the RNA polymerase and the transcriptional termination factor Rho. Importantly, this genome analysis demonstrates that the commonly cited findings that LysU plays a crucial role in thermotolerance and that GroESL hyper-expression is brought about by chromosomal mutations are based on a previous misinterpretation of the genotype of BM28. CONCLUSIONS This whole-genome sequencing study describes genetically distinct mechanisms of thermotolerance evolution from those found in other heat-evolved E. coli strains. Studying adaptive laboratory evolution to heat in simple model organisms is important in the context of climate change. It is important to better understand genetic mechanisms of enhancing thermotolerance in bacteria and other organisms, both in terms of optimizing laboratory evolution methods for various organisms and in terms of potential genetic engineering of organisms most at risk or most important to our societies and ecosystems.
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- Bailey E McGuire
- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C, Canada.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C, Canada
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Sharma V, Hünnefeld M, Luthe T, Frunzke J. Systematic analysis of prophage elements in actinobacterial genomes reveals a remarkable phylogenetic diversity. Sci Rep 2023; 13:4410. [PMID: 36932119 PMCID: PMC10023795 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-30829-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2022] [Accepted: 03/02/2023] [Indexed: 03/19/2023] Open
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Actinobacteria represent one of the largest bacterial phyla harboring many species of high medical, biotechnological and ecological relevance. Prophage elements are major contributors to bacterial genome diversity and were shown to significantly shape bacterial fitness and host-microbe interactions. In this study, we performed a systematic analysis of prophage elements in 2406 complete actinobacterial genomes. Overall, 2106 prophage elements were predicted to be present in about 50% (1172/2406) of the analyzed datasets. Interestingly, these identified sequences compose a high prevalence of cryptic prophage elements, indicating genetic decay and domestication. Analysis of the sequence relationship of predicted prophages with known actinobacteriophage genomes revealed an exceptional high phylogenetic diversity of prophage elements. As a trend, we observed a higher prevalence of prophage elements in vicinity to the terminus. Analysis of the prophage-encoded gene functions revealed that prophage sequences significantly contribute to the bacterial antiviral immune system, but no biosynthetic gene clusters involved in the synthesis of known antiphage molecules were identified in prophage genomes. Overall, the current study highlights the remarkable diversity of prophages in actinobacterial genomes, with highly divergent prophages in actinobacterial genomes and thus provides an important basis for further investigation of phage-host interactions in this important bacterial phylum.
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- Vikas Sharma
- Institute of Bio- and Geosciences (IBG-1) Biotechnology, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425, Jülich, Germany.
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- Institute of Bio- and Geosciences (IBG-1) Biotechnology, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425, Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Bio- and Geosciences (IBG-1) Biotechnology, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425, Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Bio- and Geosciences (IBG-1) Biotechnology, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425, Jülich, Germany.
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Tantoso E, Eisenhaber B, Sinha S, Jensen LJ, Eisenhaber F. About the dark corners in the gene function space of Escherichia coli remaining without illumination by scientific literature. Biol Direct 2023; 18:7. [PMID: 36855185 PMCID: PMC9976479 DOI: 10.1186/s13062-023-00362-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2022] [Accepted: 02/21/2023] [Indexed: 03/02/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Although Escherichia coli (E. coli) is the most studied prokaryote organism in the history of life sciences, many molecular mechanisms and gene functions encoded in its genome remain to be discovered. This work aims at quantifying the illumination of the E. coli gene function space by the scientific literature and how close we are towards the goal of a complete list of E. coli gene functions. RESULTS The scientific literature about E. coli protein-coding genes has been mapped onto the genome via the mentioning of names for genomic regions in scientific articles both for the case of the strain K-12 MG1655 as well as for the 95%-threshold softcore genome of 1324 E. coli strains with known complete genome. The article match was quantified with the ratio of a given gene name's occurrence to the mentioning of any gene names in the paper. The various genome regions have an extremely uneven literature coverage. A group of elite genes with ≥ 100 full publication equivalents (FPEs, FPE = 1 is an idealized publication devoted to just a single gene) attracts the lion share of the papers. For K-12, ~ 65% of the literature covers just 342 elite genes; for the softcore genome, ~ 68% of the FPEs is about only 342 elite gene families (GFs). We also find that most genes/GFs have at least one mentioning in a dedicated scientific article (with the exception of at least 137 protein-coding transcripts for K-12 and 26 GFs from the softcore genome). Whereas the literature growth rates were highest for uncharacterized or understudied genes until 2005-2010 compared with other groups of genes, they became negative thereafter. At the same time, literature for anyhow well-studied genes started to grow explosively with threshold T10 (≥ 10 FPEs). Typically, a body of ~ 20 actual articles generated over ~ 15 years of research effort was necessary to reach T10. Lineage-specific co-occurrence analysis of genes belonging to the accessory genome of E. coli together with genomic co-localization and sequence-analytic exploration hints previously completely uncharacterized genes yahV and yddL being associated with osmotic stress response/motility mechanisms. CONCLUSION If the numbers of scientific articles about uncharacterized and understudied genes remain at least at present levels, full gene function lists for the strain K-12 MG1655 and the E. coli softcore genome are in reach within the next 25-30 years. Once the literature body for a gene crosses 10 FPEs, most of the critical fundamental research risk appears overcome and steady incremental research becomes possible.
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- Erwin Tantoso
- Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS), 60 Biopolis Street, Singapore, 138672, Republic of Singapore.,Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Bioinformatics Institute (BII), 30 Biopolis Street #07-01, Matrix Building, Singapore, 138671, Republic of Singapore
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- Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS), 60 Biopolis Street, Singapore, 138672, Republic of Singapore.,Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Bioinformatics Institute (BII), 30 Biopolis Street #07-01, Matrix Building, Singapore, 138671, Republic of Singapore
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- Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS), 60 Biopolis Street, Singapore, 138672, Republic of Singapore.,Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Bioinformatics Institute (BII), 30 Biopolis Street #07-01, Matrix Building, Singapore, 138671, Republic of Singapore.,European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SD, UK
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- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS), 60 Biopolis Street, Singapore, 138672, Republic of Singapore. .,Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Bioinformatics Institute (BII), 30 Biopolis Street #07-01, Matrix Building, Singapore, 138671, Republic of Singapore. .,School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 60 Nanyang Drive, Singapore, 637551, Republic of Singapore.
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Antidepressants can induce mutation and enhance persistence toward multiple antibiotics. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2023; 120:e2208344120. [PMID: 36689653 PMCID: PMC9945972 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2208344120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Antibiotic resistance is an urgent threat to global health. Antidepressants are consumed in large quantities, with a similar pharmaceutical market share (4.8%) to antibiotics (5%). While antibiotics are acknowledged as the major driver of increasing antibiotic resistance, little attention is paid to the contribution of antidepressants in this process. Here, we demonstrate that antidepressants at clinically relevant concentrations induce resistance to multiple antibiotics, even following short periods of exposure. Antibiotic persistence was also enhanced. Phenotypic and genotypic analyses revealed the enhanced production of reactive oxygen species following exposure to antidepressants was directly associated with increased resistance. An enhanced stress signature response and stimulation of efflux pump expression were also associated with increased resistance and persistence. Mathematical modeling also predicted that antidepressants would accelerate the emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, and persister cells would help to maintain the resistance. Overall, our findings highlight the antibiotic resistance risk caused by antidepressants.
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Characterization and genome analysis of Escherichia phage fBC-Eco01, isolated from wastewater in Tunisia. Arch Virol 2023; 168:44. [PMID: 36609878 PMCID: PMC9825357 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-022-05680-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2022] [Accepted: 11/01/2022] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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The rise of antibiotic resistance in bacterial strains has led to vigorous exploration for alternative treatments. To this end, phage therapy has been revisited, and it is gaining increasing attention, as it may represent an efficient alternative for treating multiresistant pathogenic bacteria. Phage therapy is considered safe, and phages do not infect eukaryotic cells. There have been many studies investigating phage-host bacteria interactions and the ability of phages to target specific hosts. Escherichia coli is the causative agent of a multitude of infections, ranging from urinary tract infections to sepsis, with growing antibiotic resistance. In this study, we characterized the Escherichia phage fBC-Eco01, which was isolated from a water sample collected at Oued, Tunis. Electron microscopy showed that fBC-Eco01 phage particles have siphovirus morphology, with an icosahedral head of 61 ± 3 nm in diameter and a non-contractile tail of 94 ± 2 nm in length and 12 ± 0.9 nm in width. The genome of fBC-Eco01 is a linear double-stranded DNA of 43.466 bp with a GC content of 50.4%. Comparison to databases allowed annotation of the functions to 39 of the 78 predicted gene products. A single-step growth curve revealed that fBC-Eco01 has a latent period of 30 minutes and a burst size of 175 plaque-forming units (PFU) per infected cell. Genomic analysis indicated that fBC-Eco01 is a member of the subfamily Guernseyvirinae. It is most closely related to a group of phages of the genus Kagunavirus that infect Enterobacter, Raoultella, and Escherichia strains.
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Onodera H, Niwa T, Taguchi H, Chadani Y. Prophage excision switches the primary ribosome rescue pathway and rescue-associated gene regulations in Escherichia coli. Mol Microbiol 2023; 119:44-58. [PMID: 36471624 PMCID: PMC10107115 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.15003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2022] [Revised: 11/07/2022] [Accepted: 11/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Escherichia coli has multiple pathways to release nonproductive ribosome complexes stalled at the 3' end of nonstop mRNA: tmRNA (SsrA RNA)-mediated trans-translation and stop codon-independent termination by ArfA/RF2 or ArfB (YaeJ). The arfA mRNA lacks a stop codon and its expression is repressed by trans-translation. Therefore, ArfA is considered to complement the ribosome rescue activity of trans-translation, but the physiological situations in which ArfA is expressed have not been elucidated. Here, we found that the excision of CP4-57 prophage adjacent to E. coli ssrA leads to the inactivation of tmRNA and switches the primary rescue pathway from trans-translation to ArfA/RF2. This "rescue-switching" rearranges not only the proteome landscape in E. coli but also the phenotype such as motility. Furthermore, among the proteins with significantly increased abundance in the ArfA+ cells, we found ZntR, whose mRNA is transcribed together as the upstream part of nonstop arfA mRNA. Repression of ZntR and reconstituted model genes depends on the translation of the downstream nonstop ORFs that trigger the trans-translation-coupled exonucleolytic degradation by polynucleotide phosphorylase (PNPase). Namely, our studies provide a novel example of trans-translation-dependent regulation and re-define the physiological roles of prophage excision.
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- Haruka Onodera
- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan.,Cell Biology Center, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan.,Cell Biology Center, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan
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- Cell Biology Center, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan
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Thakur Z, Vaid RK, Anand T, Tripathi BN. Comparative Genome Analysis of 19 Trueperella pyogenes Strains Originating from Different Animal Species Reveal a Genetically Diverse Open Pan-Genome. Antibiotics (Basel) 2022; 12:antibiotics12010024. [PMID: 36671226 PMCID: PMC9854608 DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics12010024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2022] [Revised: 12/14/2022] [Accepted: 12/16/2022] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Trueperella pyogenes is a Gram-positive opportunistic pathogen that causes severe cases of mastitis, metritis, and pneumonia in a wide range of animals, resulting in significant economic losses. Although little is known about the virulence factors involved in the disease pathogenesis, a comprehensive comparative genome analysis of T. pyogenes genomes has not been performed till date. Hence, present investigation was carried out to characterize and compare 19 T. pyogenes genomes originating in different geographical origins including the draftgenome of the first Indian origin strain T. pyogenes Bu5. Additionally, candidate virulence determinants that could be crucial for their pathogenesis were also detected and analyzed by using various bioinformatics tools. The pan-genome calculations revealed an open pan-genome of T. pyogenes. In addition, an inventory of virulence related genes, 190 genomic islands, 31 prophage sequences, and 40 antibiotic resistance genes that could play a significant role in organism's pathogenicity were detected. The core-genome based phylogeny of T. pyogenes demonstrates a polyphyletic, host-associated group with a high degree of genomic diversity. The identified core-genome can be further used for screening of drug and vaccine targets. The investigation has provided unique insights into pan-genome, virulome, mobiliome, and resistome of T. pyogenes genomes and laid the foundation for future investigations.
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- Zoozeal Thakur
- Bacteriology Laboratory, National Centre for Veterinary Type Cultures, ICAR-National Research Centre on Equines, Hisar 125001, India
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- Bacteriology Laboratory, National Centre for Veterinary Type Cultures, ICAR-National Research Centre on Equines, Hisar 125001, India
- Correspondence:
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- Bacteriology Laboratory, National Centre for Veterinary Type Cultures, ICAR-National Research Centre on Equines, Hisar 125001, India
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- Bacteriology Laboratory, National Centre for Veterinary Type Cultures, ICAR-National Research Centre on Equines, Hisar 125001, India
- Division of Animal Science, Krishi Bhavan, New Delhi 110001, India
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Song S, Semenova E, Severinov K, Fernández-García L, Benedik MJ, Maeda T, Wood TK. CRISPR-Cas Controls Cryptic Prophages. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:16195. [PMID: 36555835 PMCID: PMC9782134 DOI: 10.3390/ijms232416195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2022] [Accepted: 12/14/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
Abstract
The bacterial archetypal adaptive immune system, CRISPR-Cas, is thought to be repressed in the best-studied bacterium, Escherichia coli K-12. We show here that the E. coli CRISPR-Cas system is active and serves to inhibit its nine defective (i.e., cryptic) prophages. Specifically, compared to the wild-type strain, reducing the amounts of specific interfering RNAs (crRNA) decreases growth by 40%, increases cell death by 700%, and prevents persister cell resuscitation. Similar results were obtained by inactivating CRISPR-Cas by deleting the entire 13 spacer region (CRISPR array); hence, CRISPR-Cas serves to inhibit the remaining deleterious effects of these cryptic prophages, most likely through CRISPR array-derived crRNA binding to cryptic prophage mRNA rather than through cleavage of cryptic prophage DNA, i.e., self-targeting. Consistently, four of the 13 E. coli spacers contain complementary regions to the mRNA sequences of seven cryptic prophages, and inactivation of CRISPR-Cas increases the level of mRNA for lysis protein YdfD of cryptic prophage Qin and lysis protein RzoD of cryptic prophage DLP-12. In addition, lysis is clearly seen via transmission electron microscopy when the whole CRISPR-Cas array is deleted, and eliminating spacer #12, which encodes crRNA with complementary regions for DLP-12 (including rzoD), Rac, Qin (including ydfD), and CP4-57 cryptic prophages, also results in growth inhibition and cell lysis. Therefore, we report the novel results that (i) CRISPR-Cas is active in E. coli and (ii) CRISPR-Cas is used to tame cryptic prophages, likely through RNAi, i.e., unlike with active lysogens, active CRISPR-Cas and cryptic prophages may stably co-exist.
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Affiliation(s)
- Sooyeon Song
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
- Department of Animal Science, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju-Si 54896, Republic of Korea
- Agricultural Convergence Technology, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju-Si 54896, Republic of Korea
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- Waksman Institute of Microbiology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
| | - Konstantin Severinov
- Waksman Institute of Microbiology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
| | - Laura Fernández-García
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
| | - Michael J. Benedik
- Office of the Provost, Hamad bin Khalifa University, Education City, Doha P.O. Box 34110, Qatar
| | - Toshinari Maeda
- Department of Biological Functions Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Kitakyushu 808-0196, Japan
| | - Thomas K. Wood
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
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