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Boya BR, Kumar P, Lee JH, Lee J. Diversity of the Tryptophanase Gene and Its Evolutionary Implications in Living Organisms. Microorganisms 2021; 9:microorganisms9102156. [PMID: 34683477 PMCID: PMC8537960 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms9102156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2021] [Revised: 10/09/2021] [Accepted: 10/12/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Tryptophanase encoded by the gene tnaA is a pyridoxal phosphate-dependent enzyme that catalyses the conversion of tryptophan to indole, which is commonly used as an intra- and interspecies signalling molecule, particularly by microbes. However, the production of indole is rare in eukaryotic organisms. A nucleotide and protein database search revealed tnaA is commonly reported in various Gram-negative bacteria, but that only a few Gram-positive bacteria and archaea possess the gene. The presence of tnaA in eukaryotes, particularly protozoans and marine organisms, demonstrates the importance of this gene in the animal kingdom. Here, we document the distribution of tnaA and its acquisition and expansion among different taxonomic groups, many of which are usually categorized as non-indole producers. This study provides an opportunity to understand the intriguing role played by tnaA, and its distribution among various types of organisms.
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Ribeiro MF, Carvalho VR, Favoreto AL, De Marchi BR, Jordan C, Zanuncio JC, Soares MA, Zanuncio AJV, Wilcken CF. Yersinia massiliensis (Enterobacteriales: Enterobacteriaceae) in the host Anaphes nitens (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae): first report of association with insects. BRAZ J BIOL 2021; 82:e237098. [PMID: 33787747 DOI: 10.1590/1519-6984.237098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2020] [Accepted: 09/09/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Endosymbiont bacteria can affect biological parameters and reduce the effectiveness of natural enemies in controlling the target insect. The objective of this work was to identify endosymbiont bacteria in Anaphes nitens (Girault, 1928) (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae), the main natural enemy used to manage Gonipterus platensis (Marelli, 1926) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Genomic DNA from six A. nitens populations was extracted and polymerase chain reactions (PCR) were performed with the primers to detect endosymbiont bacteria in this insect. The PCR products were amplified, sequenced, and compared with sequences deposited in the GenBank for the bacteria identification. All A. nitens populations had the bacterium Yersinia massiliensis (Enterobacteriales: Enterobacteriaceae). This bacterium was originally described as free-living, and it is associated with and composes part of the A. nitens microbiota. This is the first report of Y. massiliensis in an insect host.
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- M F Ribeiro
- Universidade Estadual Paulista - UNESP, Faculdade de Ciências Agronômicas, Departamento de Proteção Vegetal, Botucatu, SP, Brasil
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- Universidade Estadual Paulista - UNESP, Faculdade de Ciências Agronômicas, Departamento de Proteção Vegetal, Botucatu, SP, Brasil
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- Universidade Estadual Paulista - UNESP, Faculdade de Ciências Agronômicas, Departamento de Proteção Vegetal, Botucatu, SP, Brasil
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- University of Florida, Gulf Coast Research and Education Center, Wimauma, FL, USA
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- Universidade Estadual Paulista - UNESP, Faculdade de Ciências Agronômicas, Departamento de Proteção Vegetal, Botucatu, SP, Brasil
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- Universidade Federal de Viçosa - UFV, Departamento de Entomologia/BIOAGRO, Viçosa, MG, Brasil
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- Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri - UFVJM, Programa de Pós-graduação em Produção Vegetal, Diamantina, MG, Brasil
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- Universidade Federal de Viçosa - UFV, Departamento de Engenharia Florestal, Viçosa, MG, Brasil
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- Universidade Estadual Paulista - UNESP, Faculdade de Ciências Agronômicas, Departamento de Proteção Vegetal, Botucatu, SP, Brasil
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Le Guern AS, Savin C, Angermeier H, Brémont S, Clermont D, Mühle E, Orozova P, Najdenski H, Pizarro-Cerdá J. Yersinia artesiana sp. nov., Yersinia proxima sp. nov., Yersinia alsatica sp. nov., Yersina vastinensis sp. nov., Yersinia thracica sp. nov. and Yersinia occitanica sp. nov., isolated from humans and animals. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5363-5372. [PMID: 32853134 PMCID: PMC7660898 DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.004417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2020] [Accepted: 08/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Thirty-three Yersinia strains previously characterized by the French Yersinia National Reference Laboratory (YNRL) and isolated from humans and animals were suspected to belong to six novel species by a recently described core genome multilocus sequence typing scheme. These strains and five additional strains from the YNRL were characterized using a polyphasic taxonomic approach including a phylogenetic analysis based on 500 core genes, determination of average nucleotide identity (ANI), determination of DNA G+C content and identification of phenotypic features. Phylogenetic analysis confirmed that the 38 studied strains formed six well-demarcated clades. ANI values between these clades and their closest relatives were <94.7 % and ANI values within each putative novel species were >97.5 %. Distinctive biochemical characteristics were identified in five out of the six novel species. All of these data demonstrated that the 38 strains belong to six novel species of the genus Yersinia: Yersinia artesiana sp. nov., type strain IP42281T (=CIP 111845T=DSM 110725T); Yersinia proxima sp. nov., type strain IP37424T (=CIP 111847T=DSM 110727T); Yersinia alsatica sp. nov., type strain IP38850T (=CIP 111848T=DSM 110726T); Yersinia vastinensis sp. nov., type strain IP38594T (=CIP 111844T=DSM 110738T); Yersinia thracica sp. nov., type strain IP34646T (=CIP 111842T=DSM 110736T); and Yersinia occitanica sp. nov., type strain IP35638T (=CIP 111843T=DSM 110739T).
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- Anne-Sophie Le Guern
- Yersinia National Reference Laboratory, Institut Pasteur, F-75724 Paris, France
- WHO Collaborating Centre for Yersinia, Institut Pasteur, F-75724 Paris, France
- Yersinia Research Unit, Institut Pasteur, F-75724 Paris, France
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- Yersinia National Reference Laboratory, Institut Pasteur, F-75724 Paris, France
- WHO Collaborating Centre for Yersinia, Institut Pasteur, F-75724 Paris, France
- Yersinia Research Unit, Institut Pasteur, F-75724 Paris, France
- Université de Paris, F-75013, Paris, France
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- Yersinia National Reference Laboratory, Institut Pasteur, F-75724 Paris, France
- European Programme for Public Health Microbiology (EUPHEM), European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden
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- Yersinia National Reference Laboratory, Institut Pasteur, F-75724 Paris, France
- WHO Collaborating Centre for Yersinia, Institut Pasteur, F-75724 Paris, France
- Yersinia Research Unit, Institut Pasteur, F-75724 Paris, France
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- Collection of Institut Pasteur, Institut Pasteur, F-75724 Paris, France
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- National Reference Laboratory for Fish, Mollusc and Crustacean Diseases, National Diagnostics and Research Veterinary Medical Institute, Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Yersinia National Reference Laboratory, Institut Pasteur, F-75724 Paris, France
- WHO Collaborating Centre for Yersinia, Institut Pasteur, F-75724 Paris, France
- Yersinia Research Unit, Institut Pasteur, F-75724 Paris, France
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PREVALENCE OF YERSINIA AMONG WILD SIKA DEER ( CERVUS NIPPON) AND BOARS ( SUS SCROFA) IN JAPAN. J Wildl Dis 2019; 56:270-277. [PMID: 31833814 DOI: 10.7589/2019-04-094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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We examined the prevalence of Yersinia, including pathogenic species such as Yersinia enterocolitica and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis, among wild sika deer (Cervus nippon) and boars (Sus scrofa) captured in Japan. The prevalence of Yersinia in the wild deer was 75% (207/277) and in the boars was 74% (40/54). A total of 417 isolates of nine Yersinia species were isolated from the animals examined: the largest number of isolates (48%, 200/417) were Y. enterocolitica biotype 1A. Pathogenic Y. enterocolitica 1B/O:8 were also isolated from two deer, and Y. pseudotuberculosis serogroups 3 and 4 were isolated from two boars and a deer, respectively. The pathogenic Y. enterocolitica 1B/O:8 isolates carried four virulence genes (ail, ystA, yadA, and virF), and Y. pseudotuberculosis serogroups 3 and 4 isolates carried three virulence genes (inv, yadA, and lcrF). Although the Y. enterocolitica 1B/O:8 and Y. pseudotuberculosis isolates were sensitive to almost all the antimicrobials tested, the two Y. enterocolitica 1B/O:8 isolates were resistant to azithromycin and ampicillin, and the three Y. pseudotuberculosis isolates were resistant only to azithromycin. These findings suggested that wild deer and boars might be important reservoirs for the agent causing human yersiniosis.
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Savin C, Criscuolo A, Guglielmini J, Le Guern AS, Carniel E, Pizarro-Cerdá J, Brisse S. Genus-wide Yersinia core-genome multilocus sequence typing for species identification and strain characterization. Microb Genom 2019; 5:e000301. [PMID: 31580794 PMCID: PMC6861861 DOI: 10.1099/mgen.0.000301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2019] [Accepted: 09/16/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The genus Yersinia comprises species that differ widely in their pathogenic potential and public-health significance. Yersinia pestis is responsible for plague, while Yersinia enterocolitica is a prominent enteropathogen. Strains within some species, including Y. enterocolitica, also vary in their pathogenic properties. Phenotypic identification of Yersinia species is time-consuming, labour-intensive and may lead to incorrect identifications. Here, we developed a method to automatically identify and subtype all Yersinia isolates from their genomic sequence. A phylogenetic analysis of Yersinia isolates based on a core subset of 500 shared genes clearly demarcated all existing Yersinia species and uncovered novel, yet undefined Yersinia taxa. An automated taxonomic assignment procedure was developed using species-specific thresholds based on core-genome multilocus sequence typing (cgMLST). The performance of this method was assessed on 1843 isolates prospectively collected by the French National Surveillance System and analysed in parallel using phenotypic reference methods, leading to nearly complete (1814; 98.4 %) agreement at species and infra-specific (biotype and serotype) levels. For 29 isolates, incorrect phenotypic assignments resulted from atypical biochemical characteristics or lack of phenotypic resolution. To provide an identification tool, a database of cgMLST profiles and reference taxonomic information has been made publicly accessible (https://bigsdb.pasteur.fr/yersinia). Genomic sequencing-based identification and subtyping of any Yersinia is a powerful and reliable novel approach to define the pathogenic potential of isolates of this medically important genus.
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- Cyril Savin
- Yersinia Research Unit, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
- National Reference Laboratory for Plague and Other Yersinioses, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
- WHO Collaborating Centre for Yersinia, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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- Hub de Bioinformatique et Biostatistique – Département Biologie Computationnelle, Institut Pasteur, USR 3756 CNRS, Paris, France
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- Hub de Bioinformatique et Biostatistique – Département Biologie Computationnelle, Institut Pasteur, USR 3756 CNRS, Paris, France
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- Yersinia Research Unit, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
- National Reference Laboratory for Plague and Other Yersinioses, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
- WHO Collaborating Centre for Yersinia, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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- Yersinia Research Unit, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
- National Reference Laboratory for Plague and Other Yersinioses, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
- WHO Collaborating Centre for Yersinia, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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- Yersinia Research Unit, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
- National Reference Laboratory for Plague and Other Yersinioses, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
- WHO Collaborating Centre for Yersinia, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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- Biodiversity and Epidemiology of Bacterial Pathogens, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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Cunningham SA, Jeraldo P, Patel R. Yersinia kristensenii subsp. rochesterensis subsp. nov., isolated from human feces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2292-2298. [PMID: 31135335 DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.003464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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A single bacterial isolate, EPLC-04T, was isolated from human feces and identified as representing a member of the genus Yersinia on the basis of phenotypic characteristics, matrix assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry and partial 16S rRNA gene sequencing. The isolate's phenotypic profile differed from that described for the most closely related species, Yersinia kristensenii, by exhibiting lipase production and lacking pyrazinamidase activity. Multiple genetic targets, including the complete (1465 bp) 16S rRNA gene sequence and partial sequences of groEL (539 bp), gyrB (935 bp), glnA (525 bp) and recA (535 bp) indicated that the isolate exhibited 98.91, 92.16, 90.81, 92.78 and 89.01 % identity with Yersinia aldovae, 98.98, 91.99, 90.17, 89.77 and 89.55 % identity with Yersinia intermedia, and 99.66, 98.11, 98.50, 98.49 and 98.51 % identity with Y. kristensenii, respectively. Phylogenetic reconstructions based on the combination of the four housekeeping genes indicated that the isolate formed a unique branch, supported by a bootstrap value of 100 %. Digital DNA-DNA homology and 16S rRNA gene sequencing identified EPLC-04T as representing Y. kristensenii. However, the unique phenotypic traits and results of phylogenetic analysis indicate that it represents a novel subspecies of Y. kristensenii. The name Yersinia kristenseniisubsp. rochesterensis subsp. nov. is proposed for this novel taxon (type strain EPLC-04T=ATCC BAA-2637T, DSMZ 28595T).
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- Scott A Cunningham
- Division of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.,Microbiome Program, Center for Individualized Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.,Division of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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Springer K, Sänger PA, Moritz C, Felsl A, Rattei T, Fuchs TM. Insecticidal Toxicity of Yersinia frederiksenii Involves the Novel Enterotoxin YacT. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2018; 8:392. [PMID: 30488025 PMCID: PMC6246891 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2018.00392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2018] [Accepted: 10/18/2018] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The genus Yersinia comprises 19 species of which three are known as human and animal pathogens. Some species display toxicity toward invertebrates using the so-called toxin complex (TC) and/or determinants that are not yet known. Recent studies showed a remarkable variability of insecticidal activities when representatives of different Yersinia species (spp.) were subcutaneously injected into the greater wax moth, Galleria mellonella. Here, we demonstrate that Y. intermedia and Y. frederiksenii are highly toxic to this insect. A member of Y. Enterocolitica phylogroup 1B killed G. mellonella larvae with injection doses of approximately 38 cells only, thus resembling the insecticidal activity of Photorhabdus luminescens. The pathogenicity Yersinia spp. displays toward the larvae was higher at 15°C than at 30°C and independent of the TC. However, upon subtraction of all genes of the low-pathogenic Y. enterocolitica strain W22703 from the genomes of Y. intermedia and Y. frederiksenii, we identified a set of genes that may be responsible for the toxicity of these two species. Indeed, a mutant of Y. frederiksenii lacking yacT, a gene that encodes a protein similar to the heat-stable cytotonic enterotoxin (Ast) of Aeromonas hydrophila, exhibited a reduced pathogenicity toward G. mellonella larvae and altered the morphology of hemocytes. The data suggests that the repertoire of virulence determinants present in environmental Yersinia species remains to be elucidated.
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- Katharina Springer
- Lehrstuhl für Mikrobielle Ökologie, Fakultät für Grundlagen der Biowissenschaften, Wissenschaftszentrum Weihenstephan, Technische Universität München, Freising, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Mikrobielle Ökologie, Fakultät für Grundlagen der Biowissenschaften, Wissenschaftszentrum Weihenstephan, Technische Universität München, Freising, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Mikrobielle Ökologie, Fakultät für Grundlagen der Biowissenschaften, Wissenschaftszentrum Weihenstephan, Technische Universität München, Freising, Germany
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- Department of Computational Systems Biology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Lehrstuhl für Mikrobielle Ökologie, Fakultät für Grundlagen der Biowissenschaften, Wissenschaftszentrum Weihenstephan, Technische Universität München, Freising, Germany.,Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Institut für Molekulare Pathogenese, Jena, Germany
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Detection, virulence and antimicrobial resistance of Yersinia enterocolitica in bulk tank milk in Italy. Int Dairy J 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.idairyj.2018.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Using a combination of Illumina paired-end sequencing, Pacific Biosciences RS II sequencing, and OpGen Argus whole-genome optical mapping, we report here the first complete genome sequence of Yersinia massiliensis. The completed genome consists of a 4.99-Mb chromosome, a 121-kb megaplasmid, and a 57-kb plasmid.
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Identification of Yersinia at the Species and Subspecies Levels Is Challenging. CURRENT CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY REPORTS 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s40588-018-0088-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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McNally A, Thomson NR, Reuter S, Wren BW. 'Add, stir and reduce': Yersinia spp. as model bacteria for pathogen evolution. Nat Rev Microbiol 2016; 14:177-90. [PMID: 26876035 DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro.2015.29] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Pathogenic species in the Yersinia genus have historically been targets for research aimed at understanding how bacteria evolve into mammalian pathogens. The advent of large-scale population genomic studies has greatly accelerated the progress in this field, and Yersinia pestis, Yersinia pseudotuberculosis and Yersinia enterocolitica have once again acted as model organisms to help shape our understanding of the evolutionary processes involved in pathogenesis. In this Review, we highlight the gene gain, gene loss and genome rearrangement events that have been identified by genomic studies in pathogenic Yersinia species, and we discuss how these findings are changing our understanding of pathogen evolution. Finally, as these traits are also found in the genomes of other species in the Enterobacteriaceae, we suggest that they provide a blueprint for the evolution of enteropathogenic bacteria.
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- Alan McNally
- Pathogen Research Group, Nottingham Trent University, Clifton Lane, Nottingham NG11 8NS, UK
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- Pathogen Genomics, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SA, UK
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- Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Box 157 Addenbrooke's Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, UK
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- Department of Pathogen Molecular Biology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK
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Martínez-García PM, López-Solanilla E, Ramos C, Rodríguez-Palenzuela P. Prediction of bacterial associations with plants using a supervised machine-learning approach. Environ Microbiol 2016; 18:4847-4861. [PMID: 27234490 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.13389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2015] [Revised: 05/20/2016] [Accepted: 05/20/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Recent scenarios of fresh produce contamination by human enteric pathogens have resulted in severe food-borne outbreaks, and a new paradigm has emerged stating that some human-associated bacteria can use plants as secondary hosts. As a consequence, there has been growing concern in the scientific community about these interactions that have not yet been elucidated. Since this is a relatively new area, there is a lack of strategies to address the problem of food-borne illnesses due to the ingestion of fruits and vegetables. In the present study, we performed specific genome annotations to train a supervised machine-learning model that allows for the identification of plant-associated bacteria with a precision of ∼93%. The application of our method to approximately 9500 genomes predicted several unknown interactions between well-known human pathogens and plants, and it also confirmed several cases for which evidence has been reported. We observed that factors involved in adhesion, the deconstruction of the plant cell wall and detoxifying activities were highlighted as the most predictive features. The application of our strategy to sequenced strains that are involved in food poisoning can be used as a primary screening tool to determine the possible causes of contaminations.
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- Pedro Manuel Martínez-García
- Área de Genética, Facultad de Ciencias, Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea 'La Mayora', Universidad de Málaga, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (IHSM-UMA-CSIC), Málaga, E-29071, Spain.,Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas (CBGP), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid-Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria, Parque Científico y Tecnológico de la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Campus de Montegancedo, Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid, 28223, Spain
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- Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas (CBGP), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid-Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria, Parque Científico y Tecnológico de la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Campus de Montegancedo, Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid, 28223, Spain.,Departamento de Biología Vegetal. Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Agrónomos, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Avenida Complutense, 3, Madrid, 28040, Spain
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- Área de Genética, Facultad de Ciencias, Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea 'La Mayora', Universidad de Málaga, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (IHSM-UMA-CSIC), Málaga, E-29071, Spain
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- Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas (CBGP), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid-Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria, Parque Científico y Tecnológico de la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Campus de Montegancedo, Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid, 28223, Spain.,Departamento de Biología Vegetal. Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Agrónomos, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Avenida Complutense, 3, Madrid, 28040, Spain
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Qi Z, Cui Y, Zhang Q, Yang R. Taxonomy of Yersinia pestis. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2016; 918:35-78. [PMID: 27722860 DOI: 10.1007/978-94-024-0890-4_3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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This chapter summarized the taxonomy and typing works of Yersinia pestis since it's firstly identified in Hong Kong in 1894. Phenotyping methods that based on phenotypic characteristics, including biotyping, serotyping, antibiogram analysis, bacteriocin typing, phage typing, and plasmid typing, were firstly applied in classification of Y. pestis in subspecies level. And then, with the advancement of molecular biological technology, the methods based on outer membrane protein profiles, fatty acid composition, and bacterial mass fingerprinting were also used to identify the populations within Y. pestis. However, Y. pestis is a highly homogenous species; therefore, the above typing methods could only provide low resolution, e.g., only one serotype and one phage type were observed for the whole species. Since the 1990s, molecular typing based on DNA variations, including single-nucleotide polymorphism, gene gain/loss, variable-number tandem repeats, clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat, etc., was introduced and improved the resolution and robust of typing result. Especially in recent years, genotyping-based whole-genome-wide variations were successfully employed in Y. pestis, which built the "gold standard" of typing scheme of the species and could distinguish the samples under the strain level. The taxonomy and typing works leaved us enormous polymorphism data; therefore, a comprehensive fingerprint database of Y. pestis was needed to collect and standardize these data, for facilitating future works on evolution, plague surveillance and control, anti-bioterrorism, and microbial forensic researches.
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- Zhizhen Qi
- Qinghai Provincial Key Laboratory for Plague Control and Research, Qinghai Institute for Endemic Disease Prevention and Control, Xining, Qinghai Province, 811602, China
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- Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, No. Dongdajie, Fengtai, Beijing, 100071, China
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- Qinghai Provincial Key Laboratory for Plague Control and Research, Qinghai Institute for Endemic Disease Prevention and Control, Xining, Qinghai Province, 811602, China
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- Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, No. Dongdajie, Fengtai, Beijing, 100071, China.
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Current and past strategies for bacterial culture in clinical microbiology. Clin Microbiol Rev 2015; 28:208-36. [PMID: 25567228 DOI: 10.1128/cmr.00110-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 287] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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A pure bacterial culture remains essential for the study of its virulence, its antibiotic susceptibility, and its genome sequence in order to facilitate the understanding and treatment of caused diseases. The first culture conditions empirically varied incubation time, nutrients, atmosphere, and temperature; culture was then gradually abandoned in favor of molecular methods. The rebirth of culture in clinical microbiology was prompted by microbiologists specializing in intracellular bacteria. The shell vial procedure allowed the culture of new species of Rickettsia. The design of axenic media for growing fastidious bacteria such as Tropheryma whipplei and Coxiella burnetii and the ability of amoebal coculture to discover new bacteria constituted major advances. Strong efforts associating optimized culture media, detection methods, and a microaerophilic atmosphere allowed a dramatic decrease of the time of Mycobacterium tuberculosis culture. The use of a new versatile medium allowed an extension of the repertoire of archaea. Finally, to optimize the culture of anaerobes in routine bacteriology laboratories, the addition of antioxidants in culture media under an aerobic atmosphere allowed the growth of strictly anaerobic species. Nevertheless, among usual bacterial pathogens, the development of axenic media for the culture of Treponema pallidum or Mycobacterium leprae remains an important challenge that the patience and innovations of cultivators will enable them to overcome.
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Tan SY, Dutta A, Jakubovics NS, Ang MY, Siow CC, Mutha NV, Heydari H, Wee WY, Wong GJ, Choo SW. YersiniaBase: a genomic resource and analysis platform for comparative analysis of Yersinia. BMC Bioinformatics 2015; 16:9. [PMID: 25591325 PMCID: PMC4384384 DOI: 10.1186/s12859-014-0422-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2014] [Accepted: 12/11/2014] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Yersinia is a Gram-negative bacteria that includes serious pathogens such as the Yersinia pestis, which causes plague, Yersinia pseudotuberculosis, Yersinia enterocolitica. The remaining species are generally considered non-pathogenic to humans, although there is evidence that at least some of these species can cause occasional infections using distinct mechanisms from the more pathogenic species. With the advances in sequencing technologies, many genomes of Yersinia have been sequenced. However, there is currently no specialized platform to hold the rapidly-growing Yersinia genomic data and to provide analysis tools particularly for comparative analyses, which are required to provide improved insights into their biology, evolution and pathogenicity. DESCRIPTION To facilitate the ongoing and future research of Yersinia, especially those generally considered non-pathogenic species, a well-defined repository and analysis platform is needed to hold the Yersinia genomic data and analysis tools for the Yersinia research community. Hence, we have developed the YersiniaBase, a robust and user-friendly Yersinia resource and analysis platform for the analysis of Yersinia genomic data. YersiniaBase has a total of twelve species and 232 genome sequences, of which the majority are Yersinia pestis. In order to smooth the process of searching genomic data in a large database, we implemented an Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX)-based real-time searching system in YersiniaBase. Besides incorporating existing tools, which include JavaScript-based genome browser (JBrowse) and Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST), YersiniaBase also has in-house developed tools: (1) Pairwise Genome Comparison tool (PGC) for comparing two user-selected genomes; (2) Pathogenomics Profiling Tool (PathoProT) for comparative pathogenomics analysis of Yersinia genomes; (3) YersiniaTree for constructing phylogenetic tree of Yersinia. We ran analyses based on the tools and genomic data in YersiniaBase and the preliminary results showed differences in virulence genes found in Yersinia pestis and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis compared to other Yersinia species, and differences between Yersinia enterocolitica subsp. enterocolitica and Yersinia enterocolitica subsp. palearctica. CONCLUSIONS YersiniaBase offers free access to wide range of genomic data and analysis tools for the analysis of Yersinia. YersiniaBase can be accessed at http://yersinia.um.edu.my .
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- Shi Yang Tan
- Genome Informatics Research Laboratory, High Impact Research Building (HIR) Building, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
- Department of Oral Biology and Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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- Genome Informatics Research Laboratory, High Impact Research Building (HIR) Building, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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- Center for Oral Health Research, School of Dental Sciences, Newcastle University, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
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- Genome Informatics Research Laboratory, High Impact Research Building (HIR) Building, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
- Department of Oral Biology and Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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- Genome Informatics Research Laboratory, High Impact Research Building (HIR) Building, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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- Genome Informatics Research Laboratory, High Impact Research Building (HIR) Building, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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- Genome Informatics Research Laboratory, High Impact Research Building (HIR) Building, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
- Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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- Genome Informatics Research Laboratory, High Impact Research Building (HIR) Building, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
- Department of Oral Biology and Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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- Genome Informatics Research Laboratory, High Impact Research Building (HIR) Building, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
- Department of Oral Biology and Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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- Genome Informatics Research Laboratory, High Impact Research Building (HIR) Building, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
- Department of Oral Biology and Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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The genus Yersinia has been used as a model system to study pathogen evolution. Using whole-genome sequencing of all Yersinia species, we delineate the gene complement of the whole genus and define patterns of virulence evolution. Multiple distinct ecological specializations appear to have split pathogenic strains from environmental, nonpathogenic lineages. This split demonstrates that contrary to hypotheses that all pathogenic Yersinia species share a recent common pathogenic ancestor, they have evolved independently but followed parallel evolutionary paths in acquiring the same virulence determinants as well as becoming progressively more limited metabolically. Shared virulence determinants are limited to the virulence plasmid pYV and the attachment invasion locus ail. These acquisitions, together with genomic variations in metabolic pathways, have resulted in the parallel emergence of related pathogens displaying an increasingly specialized lifestyle with a spectrum of virulence potential, an emerging theme in the evolution of other important human pathogens.
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The Yersinia pseudotuberculosis complex: characterization and delineation of a new species, Yersinia wautersii. Int J Med Microbiol 2014; 304:452-63. [PMID: 24598372 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2014.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2013] [Revised: 01/24/2014] [Accepted: 02/02/2014] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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The genus Yersinia contains three species pathogenic for humans, one of which is the enteropathogen Yersinia pseudotuberculosis. A recent analysis by Multi Locus Sequence Typing (MLST) of the 'Y. pseudotuberculosis complex' revealed that this complex comprises three distinct populations: the Y. pestis/Y. pseudotuberculosis group, the recently described species Yersinia similis, and a third not yet characterized population designated 'Korean Group', because most strains were isolated in Korea. The aim of this study was to perform an in depth phenotypic and genetic characterization of the three populations composing the Y. pseudotuberculosis complex (excluding Y. pestis, which belonged to the Y. pseudotuberculosis cluster in the MLST analysis). Using a set of strains representative of each group, we found that the three populations had close metabolic properties, but were nonetheless distinguishable based on D-raffinose and D-melibiose fermentation, and on pyrazinamidase activity. Moreover, high-resolution electrospray mass spectrometry highlighted protein peaks characteristic of each population. Their 16S rRNA gene sequences shared high identity (≥99.5%), but specific nucleotide signatures for each group were identified. Multi-Locus Sequence Analysis also identified three genetically closely related but distinct populations. Finally, an Average Nucleotide Identity (ANI) analysis performed after sequencing the genomes of a subset of strains of each group also showed that intragroup identity (average for each group ≥99%) was higher than intergroup diversity (94.6-97.4%). Therefore, all phenotypic and genotypic traits studied concurred with the initial MLST data indicating that the Y. pseudotuberculosis complex comprises a third and clearly distinct population of strains forming a novel Yersinia species that we propose to designate Yersinia wautersii sp. nov. The isolation of some strains from humans, the detection of virulence genes (on the pYV and pVM82 plasmids, or encoding the superantigen ypmA) in some isolates, and the absence of pyrazinamidase activity (a hallmark of pathogenicity in the genus Yersinia) argue for the pathogenic potential of Y. wautersii.
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Souza RA, Imori PFM, Falcão JP. Multilocus sequence analysis and 16S rRNA gene sequencing reveal that Yersinia frederiksenii genospecies 2 is Yersinia massiliensis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3124-3129. [PMID: 23908151 DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.047175-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Since Yersinia frederiksenii was first described in 1980, it has been recognized genotypically as a heterogeneous species, comprising three phenotypically indistinguishable genospecies. In this study, the sequence of the 16S rRNA gene and the concatenated sequences of six housekeeping genes (glnA, gyrB, hsp60, recA, rpoB and sodA) of all the currently known species of the genus Yersinia were used to determine the phylogenetic position of Y. frederiksenii genospecies 2 in the genus Yersinia. The phylogenetic analyses grouped the Y. frederiksenii genospecies 2 strains in a monophyletic group together with representative strains of Yersinia massiliensis. Moreover, the Y. frederiksenii genospecies 2 strains were also grouped apart from the other species of the genus Yersinia and far from the other two genospecies of Y. frederiksenii. All of the observations made in this study support the conclusion that Y. frederiksenii genospecies 2 should be reclassified as Y. massiliensis.
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- Roberto A Souza
- Brazilian Reference Center on Yersinia spp. other than Y. pestis, Departamento de Análises Clínicas, Toxicológicas e Bromatológicas, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto - USP, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
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- Brazilian Reference Center on Yersinia spp. other than Y. pestis, Departamento de Análises Clínicas, Toxicológicas e Bromatológicas, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto - USP, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
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- Brazilian Reference Center on Yersinia spp. other than Y. pestis, Departamento de Análises Clínicas, Toxicológicas e Bromatológicas, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto - USP, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
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Lang E, Schumann P, Knapp BA, Kumar R, Spröer C, Insam H. Budvicia diplopodorum sp. nov. and emended description of the genus
Budvicia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:260-267. [DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.036749-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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A Gram-negative, rod-shaped, weakly motile, non-spore-forming bacterium (D9T) was isolated from the gut of Cylindroiulus fulviceps (Diplopoda) on 1/3-strength nutrient agar plates. On the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity, strain D9T was shown to be phylogenetically closely related to the type strain of
Budvicia aquatica
, the sole species of the genus
Budvicia
, family
Enterobacteriaceae
. The similarity of the 16S rRNA gene sequences of strain D9T and
B. aquatica
DSM 5075T was 98.4 %. Other strains that showed high pairwise similarities with the isolate belonged to the genus
Yersinia
:
Y. frederiksenii
ATCC 33641T (96.8 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity),
Y. massiliensis
CCUG 53443T (96.8 %),
Y. pestis
NCTC 5923T (96.8 %),
Y. pseudotuberculosis
ATCC 29833T (96.8 %),
Y. similis
CCUG 52882T (96.7 %) and
Y. ruckeri
ATCC 29473T (96.5 % ). The similarities of sequences of the housekeeping genes rpoB, hsp60 and gyrB between strain D9T and
B. aquatica
DSM 5075T and other members of the
Enterobacteriaceae
were less than 94 %. Phylogenetic trees based on all four gene sequences unequivocally grouped the isolate with the type strain of
B. aquatica
and separately from the genus
Yersinia
. Cells contained the quinones Q-8, Q-7 and MK-8. The major polar lipids were phosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidylethanolamine. The G+C content of the DNA (48.3 mol%) and the whole-cell fatty acid composition of strain D9T (C14 : 0, C16 : 1ω7c, C16 : 0, cyclo-C17 : 0 and C18 : 1ω7c as major components) were typical for members of the
Enterobacteriaceae
. DNA–DNA hybridization of strain D9T with
B. aquatica
DSM 5075T resulted in a relatedness of 30.4 %, indicating that the isolate did not belong to
B. aquatica
. Physiological tests allowed the phenotypic differentiation of strain D9T from
B. aquatica
DSM 5075T as well as from members of the genus
Yersinia
. From these results, it is concluded that strain D9T represents a novel species, for which the name Budvicia diplopodorum sp. nov. is proposed (type strain D9T = DSM 21983T = CCM 7845T). The description of the genus
Budvicia
is emended.
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- Elke Lang
- Leibniz-Institut DSMZ – Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH, Inhoffenstraße 7b, 30124 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Leibniz-Institut DSMZ – Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH, Inhoffenstraße 7b, 30124 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Institut für Mikrobiologie der Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25d, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Microbial Culture Collection, National Centre for Cell Science, Pune University Campus, Ganeshkhind, Pune 411 007, India
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- Leibniz-Institut DSMZ – Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH, Inhoffenstraße 7b, 30124 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Institut für Mikrobiologie der Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25d, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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Schriefer EM, Hoffmann-Thoms S, Schmid FX, Schmid A, Heesemann J. Yersinia enterocolitica and Photorhabdus asymbiotica β-lactamases BlaA are exported by the twin-arginine translocation pathway. Int J Med Microbiol 2012; 303:16-24. [PMID: 23276548 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2012.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2012] [Revised: 11/05/2012] [Accepted: 11/05/2012] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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In general, β-lactamases of medically important Gram-negative bacteria are Sec-dependently translocated into the periplasm. In contrast, β-lactamases of Mycobacteria spp. (BlaC, BlaS) and the Gram-negative environmental bacteria Stenotrophomonas maltophilia (L2) and Xanthomonas campestris (Bla(XCC-1)) have been reported to be secreted by the twin-arginine translocation (Tat) system. Yersinia enterocolitica carries 2 distinct β-lactamase genes (blaA and blaB) encoding BlaA(Ye) and the AmpC-like β-lactamase BlaB, respectively. By using the software PRED-TAT for prediction and discrimination of Sec from Tat signal peptides, we identified a functional Tat signal sequence for Yersinia BlaA(Ye). The Tat-dependent translocation of BlaA(Ye) could be clearly demonstrated by using a Y. enterocolitica tatC-mutant and cell fractionation. Moreover, we could demonstrate a unique unusual temperature-dependent activity profile of BlaA(Ye) ranging from 15 to 60 °C and a high 'melting temperature' (T(M)=44.3°) in comparison to the related Sec-dependent β-lactamase TEM-1 (20-50°C, T(M)=34.9 °C). Strikingly, the blaA gene of Y. enterocolitica is present in diverse environmental Yersinia spp. and a blaA homolog gene could be identified in the closely related Photorhabdus asymbiotica (BlaA(Pa); 69% identity to BlaA(Ye)). For BlaA(Pa) of P. asymbiotica, we could also demonstrate Tat-dependent secretion. These results suggest that Yersinia BlaA-related β-lactamases may be the prototype of a large Tat-dependent β-lactamase family, which originated from environmental bacteria.
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- Eva-Maria Schriefer
- Max von Pettenkofer Institute for Hygiene and Medical Microbiology, Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich, D-80336 Munich, Germany
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von Tils D, Blädel I, Schmidt MA, Heusipp G. Type II secretion in Yersinia-a secretion system for pathogenicity and environmental fitness. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2012; 2:160. [PMID: 23248779 PMCID: PMC3521999 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2012.00160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2012] [Accepted: 11/29/2012] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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In Yersinia species, type III secretion (T3S) is the most prominent and best studied secretion system and a hallmark for the infection process of pathogenic Yersinia species. Type II secretion (T2S), on the other hand, is less well-characterized, although all Yersinia species, pathogenic as well as non-pathogenic, possess one or even two T2S systems. The only Yersinia strain in which T2S has so far been studied is the human pathogenic strain Y. enterocolitica 1b. Mouse infection experiments showed that at least one of the two T2S systems of Y. enterocolitica 1b, termed Yts1, is involved in dissemination and colonization of deeper tissues like liver and spleen. Interestingly, in vitro studies revealed a complex regulation of the Yts1 system, which is mainly active at low temperatures and high Mg2+-levels. Furthermore, the functional characterization of the proteins secreted in vitro indicates a role of the Yts1 machinery in survival of the bacteria in an environmental habitat. In silico analyses identified Yts1 homologous systems in bacteria that are known as plant symbionts or plant pathogens. Thus, the recent studies point to a dual function of the Yts1 T2S systems, playing a role in virulence of humans and animals, as well as in the survival of the bacteria outside of the mammalian host. In contrast, the role of the second T2S system, Yts2, remains ill defined. Whereas the T3S system and its virulence-mediating role has been intensively studied, it might now be time to also focus on the T2S system and its role in the Yersinia lifestyle, especially considering that most of the Yersinia isolates are not found in infected humans but have been gathered from various environmental samples.
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- Dominik von Tils
- Center for Molecular Biology of Inflammation (ZMBE), Institute of Infectiology, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster Münster, Germany
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Dridi B, Fardeau ML, Ollivier B, Raoult D, Drancourt M. Methanomassiliicoccus luminyensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a methanogenic archaeon isolated from human faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1902-1907. [PMID: 22859731 DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.033712-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 368] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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During attempts to obtain novel, human-associated species of the domain Archaea, a coccoid micro-organism, designated strain B10(T), was isolated in pure culture from a sample of human faeces collected in Marseille, France. On the basis of its phenotypic characteristics and 16S rRNA and mcrA gene sequences, the novel strain was classified as a methanogenic archaeon. Cells of the strain were non-motile, Gram-staining-positive cocci that were approximately 850 nm in diameter and showed autofluorescence at 420 nm. Cells were lysed by 0.1% (w/v) SDS. With hydrogen as the electron donor, strain B10(T) produced methane by reducing methanol. The novel strain was unable to produce methane when hydrogen or methanol was the sole energy source. In an atmosphere containing CO(2), strain B10(T) could not produce methane from formate, acetate, trimethylamine, 2-butanol, 2-propanol, cyclopentanol, 2-pentanol, ethanol, 1-propanol or 2,3-butanediol. Strain B10(T) grew optimally with 0.5-1.0% (w/v) NaCl, at pH 7.6 and at 37 °C. It required tungstate-selenite for growth. The complete genome of the novel strain was sequenced; the size of the genome was estimated to be 2.05 Mb and the genomic DNA G+C content was 59.93 mol%. In phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences, the highest sequence similarities (98.0-98.7%) were seen between strain B10(T) and several uncultured, methanogenic Archaea that had been collected from the digestive tracts of a cockroach, a chicken and mammals. In the same analysis, the non-methanogenic 'Candidatus Aciduliprofundum boonei' DSM 19572 was identified as the cultured micro-organism that was most closely related to strain B10(T) (83.0% 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity). Each of the three treeing algorithms used in the analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that strain B10(T) belongs to a novel order that is distinct from the Thermoplasmatales. The novel strain also appeared to be distinct from Methanosphaera stadtmanae DSM 3091(T) (72.9% 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity), another methanogenic archaeon that was isolated from human faeces and can use methanol in the presence of hydrogen. Based on the genetic and phenotypic evidence, strain B10(T) represents a novel species of a new genus for which the name Methanomassiliicoccus luminyensis gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of the type species is B10(T) ( = DSM 24529(T) = CSUR P135(T)).
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- Bédis Dridi
- Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes, UMR CNRS 6236 IDR 198, Faculté de Médecine, IFR48, Aix-Marseille-Université, Marseille, France
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- Laboratoire de Microbiologie IRD, UMR D180, Microbiologie et Biotechnologie des Environnements Chauds, Aix-Provence Université, École Supérieure d'Ingénieurs de Luminy, Marseille, France
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- Laboratoire de Microbiologie IRD, UMR D180, Microbiologie et Biotechnologie des Environnements Chauds, Aix-Provence Université, École Supérieure d'Ingénieurs de Luminy, Marseille, France
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- Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes, UMR CNRS 6236 IDR 198, Faculté de Médecine, IFR48, Aix-Marseille-Université, Marseille, France
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- Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes, UMR CNRS 6236 IDR 198, Faculté de Médecine, IFR48, Aix-Marseille-Université, Marseille, France
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Souza RA, Falcão JP. Pathogenic potential of the Yersinia massiliensis species. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2012; 954:223-8. [PMID: 22782767 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-3561-7_28] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/20/2023]
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- Roberto A Souza
- Departamento de Análises Clínicas, Toxicológicas e Bromatológicas, Brazilian Reference Center on Yersinia spp. other than Y. pestis, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto-USP, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
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The Molecular Phylogeny of the gyrB Gene: A Molecular Marker for Systematic Characterization of the Genus Yersinia. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2012; 954:53-6. [DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-3561-7_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/20/2023]
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Bacterial cell surface structures in Yersinia enterocolitica. Arch Immunol Ther Exp (Warsz) 2012; 60:199-209. [PMID: 22484801 DOI: 10.1007/s00005-012-0168-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2011] [Accepted: 01/30/2012] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Yersinia enterocolitica is a widespread member of the family of Enterobacteriaceae that contains both non-virulent and virulent isolates. Pathogenic Y. enterocolitica strains, especially belonging to serotypes O:3, O:5,27, O:8 and O:9 are etiologic agents of yersiniosis in animals and humans. Y. enterocolitica cell surface structures that play a significant role in virulence have been subject to many investigations. These include outer membrane (OM) glycolipids such as lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and enterobacterial common antigen (ECA) and several cell surface adhesion proteins present only in virulent Y. enterocolitica, i.e., Inv, YadA and Ail. While the yadA gene is located on the Yersinia virulence plasmid the Ail, Inv, LPS and ECA are chromosomally encoded. These structures ensure the correct architecture of the OM, provide adhesive properties as well as resistance to antimicrobial peptides and to host innate immune response mechanisms.
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Novel colicin Fy of Yersinia frederiksenii inhibits pathogenic Yersinia strains via YiuR-mediated reception, TonB import, and cell membrane pore formation. J Bacteriol 2012; 194:1950-9. [PMID: 22343298 DOI: 10.1128/jb.05885-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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A novel colicin type, designated colicin Fy, was found to be encoded and produced by the strain Yersinia frederiksenii Y27601. Colicin Fy was active against both pathogenic and nonpathogenic strains of the genus Yersinia. Plasmid YF27601 (5,574 bp) of Y. frederiksenii Y27601 was completely sequenced. The colicin Fy activity gene (cfyA) and the colicin Fy immunity gene (cfyI) were identified. The deduced amino acid sequence of colicin Fy was very similar in its C-terminal pore-forming domain to colicin Ib (69% identity in the last 178 amino acid residues), indicating pore forming as its lethal mode of action. Transposon mutagenesis of the colicin Fy-susceptible strain Yersinia kristensenii Y276 revealed the yiuR gene (ykris001_4440), which encodes the YiuR outer membrane protein with unknown function, as the colicin Fy receptor molecule. Introduction of the yiuR gene into the colicin Fy-resistant strain Y. kristensenii Y104 restored its susceptibility to colicin Fy. In contrast, the colicin Fy-resistant strain Escherichia coli TOP10F' acquired susceptibility to colicin Fy only when both the yiuR and tonB genes from Y. kristensenii Y276 were introduced. Similarities between colicins Fy and Ib, similarities between the Cir and YiuR receptors, and the detected partial cross-immunity of colicin Fy and colicin Ib producers suggest a common evolutionary origin of the colicin Fy-YiuR and colicin Ib-Cir systems.
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Wortberg F, Nardy E, Contzen M, Rau J. Identification of Yersinia ruckeri from diseased salmonid fish by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. JOURNAL OF FISH DISEASES 2012; 35:1-10. [PMID: 22103737 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2761.2011.01317.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Yersinia ruckeri is the causative agent of enteric redmouth disease (ERM), which mainly affects salmonid fish. Isolates of Y. ruckeri from diseased salmonid fish were obtained over a 6-year period from eight fish farms in the State of Baden-Württemberg, Southwest Germany. The strains were characterized by biochemical methods and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) combined with artificial neural network analysis. These methods were complemented by 16S rDNA sequencing for several isolates. The set of strains from these fish farms included sorbitol-positive, gelatinase-positive and non-motile Y. ruckeri. These variants were differentiated with an advanced FT-IR module, which is part of a higher-ranking method including more than 200 well-defined Yersinia strains against a background of more than 1000 other Gram-negative isolates. Validation of the newly constructed method yielded 97.4% of Y. ruckeri identified correctly on the species level. Thus, the FT-IR analysis enables distinction of all Y. ruckeri from other Yersinia species (e.g. fish-borne Y. enterocolitica) and other Enterobacteriaceae typically misidentified because of similar biochemical reaction profiles, especially Hafnia alvei. The differentiation of sorbitol-positive variants of Y. ruckeri using FT-IR was demonstrated.
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- F Wortberg
- Chemisches und Veterinäruntersuchungsamt Stuttgart (CVUAS), Fellbach, Germany
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Murros-Kontiainen A, Johansson P, Niskanen T, Fredriksson-Ahomaa M, Korkeala H, Björkroth J. Yersinia pekkanenii sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2363-2367. [PMID: 21037033 DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.019984-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2023] Open
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The taxonomic position of three strains from water, soil and lettuce samples was studied by using a polyphasic taxonomic approach. The strains were reported to lack the virulence-encoding genes inv and virF in a previous study. Controversially, API 20 E and some other phenotypic tests suggested that the strains belong to Yersinia pseudotuberculosis, which prompted this polyphasic taxonomic study. In both the phylogenetic analyses of four housekeeping genes (glnA, gyrB, recA and HSP60) and numerical analyses of HindIII and EcoRI ribopatterns, the strains formed a separate group within the genus Yersinia. Analysis of the 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that the strains were related to Yersinia aldovae and Yersinia mollaretii, but DNA-DNA hybridization analysis differentiated them from these species. Based on the results of the phylogenetic and DNA-DNA hybridization analyses, a novel species, Yersinia pekkanenii sp. nov., is proposed. The type strain is ÅYV7.1KOH2(T) ( = DSM 22769(T) = LMG 25369(T)).
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- Anna Murros-Kontiainen
- Department of Food Hygiene and Environmental Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Food Hygiene and Environmental Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Helsinki, Finland
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- Finnish Food Safety Authority Evira, Hygiene Unit, Helsinki, Finland
- Department of Food Hygiene and Environmental Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Food Hygiene and Environmental Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Food Hygiene and Environmental Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Food Hygiene and Environmental Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Helsinki, Finland
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Stenkova AM, Isaeva MP, Shubin FN, Rasskazov VA, Rakin AV. Trends of the major porin gene (ompF) evolution: insight from the genus Yersinia. PLoS One 2011; 6:e20546. [PMID: 21655186 PMCID: PMC3105102 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2011] [Accepted: 05/05/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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OmpF is one of the major general porins of Enterobacteriaceae that belongs to the first line of bacterial defense and interactions with the biotic as well as abiotic environments. Porins are surface exposed and their structures strongly reflect the history of multiple interactions with the environmental challenges. Unfortunately, little is known on diversity of porin genes of Enterobacteriaceae and the genus Yersinia especially. We analyzed the sequences of the ompF gene from 73 Yersinia strains covering 14 known species. The phylogenetic analysis placed most of the Yersinia strains in the same line assigned by 16S rDNA-gyrB tree. Very high congruence in the tree topologies was observed for Y. enterocolitica, Y. kristensenii, Y. ruckeri, indicating that intragenic recombination in these species had no effect on the ompF gene. A significant level of intra- and interspecies recombination was found for Y. aleksiciae, Y. intermedia and Y. mollaretii. Our analysis shows that the ompF gene of Yersinia has evolved with nonrandom mutational rate under purifying selection. However, several surface loops in the OmpF porin contain positively selected sites, which very likely reflect adaptive diversification Yersinia to their ecological niches. To our knowledge, this is a first investigation of diversity of the porin gene covering the whole genus of the family Enterobacteriaceae. This study demonstrates that recombination and positive selection both contribute to evolution of ompF, but the relative contribution of these evolutionary forces are different among Yersinia species.
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- Anna M Stenkova
- Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far Eastern Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, Russian Federation.
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Souza RA, Falcão DP, Falcão JP. Emended description of Yersinia massiliensis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1094-1097. [PMID: 20525812 DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.021840-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The bacterial genus Yersinia belongs to the family Enterobacteriaceae and comprises 15 species. Species of the genus Yersinia are usually identified by their phenotypic characteristics. Thus, it is essential to establish a complete phenotypic classification for all species of the genus Yersinia. The species Yersinia massiliensis was proposed in 2008, based on 16S rRNA, gyrB, hsp60, rpoB and sodA gene sequences and some distinguishing phenotypic characteristics. In this study, four Yersinia strains classified as Y. massiliensis based on the sequencing of the loci mentioned above were subjected to a more detailed phenotypic characterization. This characterization revealed differences in the results of four tests previously reported as diagnostic for Y. massiliensis and the results of 18 additional tests provided new information about the biochemical diversity of this species. In the light of the results of the phenotypic characteristics of the four strains of Y. massiliensis, an emended description of Y. massiliensis is presented.
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- Roberto A Souza
- Brazilian Reference Center on Yersinia spp. other than Y. pestis, Departamento de Análises Clínicas, Toxicológicas e Bromatológicas, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto - USP, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Araraquara - UNESP, Araraquara, Brazil
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- Brazilian Reference Center on Yersinia spp. other than Y. pestis, Departamento de Análises Clínicas, Toxicológicas e Bromatológicas, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto - USP, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
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Yersinia entomophaga sp. nov., isolated from the New Zealand grass grub Costelytra zealandica. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:844-849. [DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.024406-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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A Gram-negative, rod-shaped, non-spore-forming bacterium (MH96T) was isolated from diseased larvae of the New Zealand grass grub, Costelytra zealandica (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). On the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity, strain MH96T is a member of the genus Yersinia, which is a member of the class Gammaproteobacteria. The most similar 16S rRNA gene sequence to that of MH96T is that of the type strain of Yersinia mollaretii (98.5 % similarity) followed by those of the type strains of Yersinia aldovae, Y. frederiksenii and Y. rohdei (all 98.4 % similarity). Multilocus sequence typing of five housekeeping genes (dnaJ, glnA, gyrB, groEL and recA) identified Yersinia ruckeri (81–92 % similarity) as the closest relative. The results of DNA–DNA hybridization and physiological and biochemical tests allowed genotypic and phenotypic differentiation of strain MH96T from the four most closely related Yersinia species with validly published names, including a Y. ruckeri isolate. Strain MH96T therefore represents a novel species, for which the name Yersinia entomophaga sp. nov. is proposed, with the type strain MH96T ( = DSM 22339T = ATCC BAA-1678T).
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Fuchs TM, Brandt K, Starke M, Rattei T. Shotgun sequencing of Yersinia enterocolitica strain W22703 (biotype 2, serotype O:9): genomic evidence for oscillation between invertebrates and mammals. BMC Genomics 2011; 12:168. [PMID: 21453472 PMCID: PMC3079665 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-12-168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2010] [Accepted: 03/31/2011] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Yersinia enterocolitica strains responsible for mild gastroenteritis in humans are very diverse with respect to their metabolic and virulence properties. Strain W22703 (biotype 2, serotype O:9) was recently identified to possess nematocidal and insecticidal activity. To better understand the relationship between pathogenicity towards insects and humans, we compared the W22703 genome with that of the highly pathogenic strain 8081 (biotype1B; serotype O:8), the only Y. enterocolitica strain sequenced so far. RESULTS We used whole-genome shotgun data to assemble, annotate and analyse the sequence of strain W22703. Numerous factors assumed to contribute to enteric survival and pathogenesis, among them osmoregulated periplasmic glucan, hydrogenases, cobalamin-dependent pathways, iron uptake systems and the Yersinia genome island 1 (YGI-1) involved in tight adherence were identified to be common to the 8081 and W22703 genomes. However, sets of ~550 genes revealed to be specific for each of them in comparison to the other strain. The plasticity zone (PZ) of 142 kb in the W22703 genome carries an ancient flagellar cluster Flg-2 of ~40 kb, but it lacks the pathogenicity island YAPI(Ye), the secretion system ysa and yts1, and other virulence determinants of the 8081 PZ. Its composition underlines the prominent variability of this genome region and demonstrates its contribution to the higher pathogenicity of biotype 1B strains with respect to W22703. A novel type three secretion system of mosaic structure was found in the genome of W22703 that is absent in the sequenced strains of the human pathogenic Yersinia species, but conserved in the genomes of the apathogenic species. We identified several regions of differences in W22703 that mainly code for transporters, regulators, metabolic pathways, and defence factors. CONCLUSION The W22703 sequence analysis revealed a genome composition distinct from other pathogenic Yersinia enterocolitica strains, thus contributing novel data to the Y. enterocolitica pan-genome. This study also sheds further light on the strategies of this pathogen to cope with its environments.
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- Thilo M Fuchs
- Lehrstuhl für Mikrobielle Ökologie, Department Biowissenschaften, Wissenschaftszentrum Weihenstephan, Technische Universität München, Weihenstephaner Berg 3, 85354 Freising, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Mikrobielle Ökologie, Department Biowissenschaften, Wissenschaftszentrum Weihenstephan, Technische Universität München, Weihenstephaner Berg 3, 85354 Freising, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Mikrobielle Ökologie, Department Biowissenschaften, Wissenschaftszentrum Weihenstephan, Technische Universität München, Weihenstephaner Berg 3, 85354 Freising, Germany
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- University of Vienna, Department of Computational Systems Biology, Althanstrasse 14, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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Ayyadurai S, Flaudrops C, Raoult D, Drancourt M. Rapid identification and typing of Yersinia pestis and other Yersinia species by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometry. BMC Microbiol 2010; 10:285. [PMID: 21073689 PMCID: PMC2992509 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-10-285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2010] [Accepted: 11/12/2010] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Background Accurate identification is necessary to discriminate harmless environmental Yersinia species from the food-borne pathogens Yersinia enterocolitica and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis and from the group A bioterrorism plague agent Yersinia pestis. In order to circumvent the limitations of current phenotypic and PCR-based identification methods, we aimed to assess the usefulness of matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF) protein profiling for accurate and rapid identification of Yersinia species. As a first step, we built a database of 39 different Yersinia strains representing 12 different Yersinia species, including 13 Y. pestis isolates representative of the Antiqua, Medievalis and Orientalis biotypes. The organisms were deposited on the MALDI-TOF plate after appropriate ethanol-based inactivation, and a protein profile was obtained within 6 minutes for each of the Yersinia species. Results When compared with a 3,025-profile database, every Yersinia species yielded a unique protein profile and was unambiguously identified. In the second step of analysis, environmental and clinical isolates of Y. pestis (n = 2) and Y. enterocolitica (n = 11) were compared to the database and correctly identified. In particular, Y. pestis was unambiguously identified at the species level, and MALDI-TOF was able to successfully differentiate the three biotypes. Conclusion These data indicate that MALDI-TOF can be used as a rapid and accurate first-line method for the identification of Yersinia isolates.
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- Saravanan Ayyadurai
- Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes, UMR CNRS 6236-IRD 198, Faculté de Médecine, IFR48, Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France
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Lasch P, Drevinek M, Nattermann H, Grunow R, Stämmler M, Dieckmann R, Schwecke T, Naumann D. Characterization of Yersinia Using MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry and Chemometrics. Anal Chem 2010; 82:8464-75. [DOI: 10.1021/ac101036s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Peter Lasch
- Biomedical Spectroscopy (P 25) and Centre for Biological Security (ZBS 2), Robert-Koch-Institut, Nordufer 20, D-13353 Berlin, Germany, National Institute for Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection, Kamenna 71, CZ-26231 Milin, Czech Republic, and Department of Biological Safety, Antibiotic Resistance and Resistance Determinants, Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Diedersdorfer Weg 1, D-12277 Berlin, Germany
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- Biomedical Spectroscopy (P 25) and Centre for Biological Security (ZBS 2), Robert-Koch-Institut, Nordufer 20, D-13353 Berlin, Germany, National Institute for Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection, Kamenna 71, CZ-26231 Milin, Czech Republic, and Department of Biological Safety, Antibiotic Resistance and Resistance Determinants, Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Diedersdorfer Weg 1, D-12277 Berlin, Germany
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- Biomedical Spectroscopy (P 25) and Centre for Biological Security (ZBS 2), Robert-Koch-Institut, Nordufer 20, D-13353 Berlin, Germany, National Institute for Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection, Kamenna 71, CZ-26231 Milin, Czech Republic, and Department of Biological Safety, Antibiotic Resistance and Resistance Determinants, Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Diedersdorfer Weg 1, D-12277 Berlin, Germany
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- Biomedical Spectroscopy (P 25) and Centre for Biological Security (ZBS 2), Robert-Koch-Institut, Nordufer 20, D-13353 Berlin, Germany, National Institute for Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection, Kamenna 71, CZ-26231 Milin, Czech Republic, and Department of Biological Safety, Antibiotic Resistance and Resistance Determinants, Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Diedersdorfer Weg 1, D-12277 Berlin, Germany
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- Biomedical Spectroscopy (P 25) and Centre for Biological Security (ZBS 2), Robert-Koch-Institut, Nordufer 20, D-13353 Berlin, Germany, National Institute for Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection, Kamenna 71, CZ-26231 Milin, Czech Republic, and Department of Biological Safety, Antibiotic Resistance and Resistance Determinants, Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Diedersdorfer Weg 1, D-12277 Berlin, Germany
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- Biomedical Spectroscopy (P 25) and Centre for Biological Security (ZBS 2), Robert-Koch-Institut, Nordufer 20, D-13353 Berlin, Germany, National Institute for Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection, Kamenna 71, CZ-26231 Milin, Czech Republic, and Department of Biological Safety, Antibiotic Resistance and Resistance Determinants, Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Diedersdorfer Weg 1, D-12277 Berlin, Germany
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- Biomedical Spectroscopy (P 25) and Centre for Biological Security (ZBS 2), Robert-Koch-Institut, Nordufer 20, D-13353 Berlin, Germany, National Institute for Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection, Kamenna 71, CZ-26231 Milin, Czech Republic, and Department of Biological Safety, Antibiotic Resistance and Resistance Determinants, Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Diedersdorfer Weg 1, D-12277 Berlin, Germany
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- Biomedical Spectroscopy (P 25) and Centre for Biological Security (ZBS 2), Robert-Koch-Institut, Nordufer 20, D-13353 Berlin, Germany, National Institute for Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection, Kamenna 71, CZ-26231 Milin, Czech Republic, and Department of Biological Safety, Antibiotic Resistance and Resistance Determinants, Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Diedersdorfer Weg 1, D-12277 Berlin, Germany
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Giammanco GM, Grimont PAD, Grimont F, Lefevre M, Giammanco G, Pignato S. Phylogenetic analysis of the genera Proteus, Morganella and Providencia by comparison of rpoB gene sequences of type and clinical strains suggests the reclassification of Proteus myxofaciens in a new genus, Cosenzaea gen. nov., as Cosenzaea myxofaciens comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 61:1638-1644. [PMID: 20709916 DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.021964-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Phylogenetic analysis of partial rpoB gene sequences of type and clinical strains belonging to different 16S rRNA gene-fingerprinting ribogroups within 11 species of enterobacteria of the genera Proteus, Morganella and Providencia was performed and allowed the definition of rpoB clades, supported by high bootstrap values and confirmed by ≥2.5 % nucleotide divergence. None of the resulting clades included strains belonging to different species and the majority of the species were confirmed as discrete and homogeneous. However, more than one distinct rpoB clade could be defined among strains belonging to the species Proteus vulgaris (two clades), Providencia alcalifaciens (two clades) and Providencia rettgeri (three clades), suggesting that some strains represent novel species according to the genotypes outlined by rpoB gene sequence analysis. Percentage differences between the rpoB gene sequence of the type strain of Proteus myxofaciens and other members of the same genus (17.3-18.9 %) were similar to those calculated amongst strains of the genus Providencia (16.4-18.7 %), suggesting a genetic distance at the genus-level between Proteus myxofaciens and the rest of the Proteus-Providencia group. Proteus myxofaciens therefore represents a member of a new genus, for which the name Cosenzaea gen. nov., is proposed.
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- Giovanni M Giammanco
- Dipartimento di Scienze per la Promozione della Salute, G. D'Alessandro, Università di Palermo, I-90127 Palermo, Italy
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- Unité Biodiversité des Bactéries Pathogènes Emergentes, Institut Pasteur, F-75724 Paris, France
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- Unité Biodiversité des Bactéries Pathogènes Emergentes, Institut Pasteur, F-75724 Paris, France
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- Unité Biodiversité des Bactéries Pathogènes Emergentes, Institut Pasteur, F-75724 Paris, France
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- Dipartimento 'G.F. Ingrassia' Igiene e Sanità Pubblica, Università di Catania, I-95123 Catania, Italy
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- Dipartimento 'G.F. Ingrassia' Igiene e Sanità Pubblica, Università di Catania, I-95123 Catania, Italy
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Souza RA, Pitondo-Silva A, Falcão DP, Falcão JP. Evaluation of four molecular typing methodologies as tools for determining taxonomy relations and for identifying species among Yersinia isolates. J Microbiol Methods 2010; 82:141-50. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2010.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2010] [Revised: 05/04/2010] [Accepted: 05/10/2010] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Chen PE, Cook C, Stewart AC, Nagarajan N, Sommer DD, Pop M, Thomason B, Thomason MPK, Lentz S, Nolan N, Sozhamannan S, Sulakvelidze A, Mateczun A, Du L, Zwick ME, Read TD. Genomic characterization of the Yersinia genus. Genome Biol 2010; 11:R1. [PMID: 20047673 PMCID: PMC2847712 DOI: 10.1186/gb-2010-11-1-r1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2009] [Revised: 10/07/2009] [Accepted: 01/04/2010] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Comparative Yersinia genomics identifies features responsible for the colonization of specific host habitats and the horizontal transfer of virulence determinants. Background New DNA sequencing technologies have enabled detailed comparative genomic analyses of entire genera of bacterial pathogens. Prior to this study, three species of the enterobacterial genus Yersinia that cause invasive human diseases (Yersinia pestis, Yersinia pseudotuberculosis, and Yersinia enterocolitica) had been sequenced. However, there were no genomic data on the Yersinia species with more limited virulence potential, frequently found in soil and water environments. Results We used high-throughput sequencing-by-synthesis instruments to obtain 25- to 42-fold average redundancy, whole-genome shotgun data from the type strains of eight species: Y. aldovae, Y. bercovieri, Y. frederiksenii, Y. kristensenii, Y. intermedia, Y. mollaretii, Y. rohdei, and Y. ruckeri. The deepest branching species in the genus, Y. ruckeri, causative agent of red mouth disease in fish, has the smallest genome (3.7 Mb), although it shares the same core set of approximately 2,500 genes as the other members of the species, whose genomes range in size from 4.3 to 4.8 Mb. Yersinia genomes had a similar global partition of protein functions, as measured by the distribution of Cluster of Orthologous Groups families. Genome to genome variation in islands with genes encoding functions such as ureases, hydrogeneases and B-12 cofactor metabolite reactions may reflect adaptations to colonizing specific host habitats. Conclusions Rapid high-quality draft sequencing was used successfully to compare pathogenic and non-pathogenic members of the Yersinia genus. This work underscores the importance of the acquisition of horizontally transferred genes in the evolution of Y. pestis and points to virulence determinants that have been gained and lost on multiple occasions in the history of the genus.
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- Peter E Chen
- Biological Defense Research Directorate, Naval Medical Research Center, 503 Robert Grant Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910, USA.
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Tan Y, Wu M, Liu H, Dong X, Guo Z, Song Z, Li Y, Cui Y, Song Y, Du Z, Yang R. Cellular fatty acids as chemical markers for differentiation of Yersinia pestis and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis. Lett Appl Microbiol 2010; 50:104-11. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765x.2009.02762.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Bacteria can utilize signal molecules to coordinate their behavior to survive in dynamic multispecies communities. Indole is widespread in the natural environment, as a variety of both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria (to date, 85 species) produce large quantities of indole. Although it has been known for over 100 years that many bacteria produce indole, the real biological roles of this molecule are only now beginning to be unveiled. As an intercellular signal molecule, indole controls diverse aspects of bacterial physiology, such as spore formation, plasmid stability, drug resistance, biofilm formation, and virulence in indole-producing bacteria. In contrast, many non-indole-producing bacteria, plants and animals produce diverse oxygenases which may interfere with indole signaling. It appears indole plays an important role in bacterial physiology, ecological balance, and possibly human health. Here we discuss our current knowledge and perspectives on indole signaling.
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- School of Display & Chemical Engineering, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, Korea
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Martin L, Leclercq A, Savin C, Carniel E. Characterization of atypical isolates of Yersinia intermedia and definition of two new biotypes. J Clin Microbiol 2009; 47:2377-80. [PMID: 19494062 PMCID: PMC2725658 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.02512-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2008] [Accepted: 05/20/2009] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The species Yersinia intermedia is a member of the genus Yersinia which belongs to the Enterobacteriaceae family. This species is divided into eight biotypes, according to Brenner's biotyping scheme. This scheme relies on five tests (utilization of Simmons citrate and acid production from d-melibiose, d-raffinose, alpha-methyl-d-glucoside [alphaMG], and l-rhamnose). The collection of the French Yersinia Reference Laboratory (Institut Pasteur, Paris, France) contained 44 strains that were originally identified as Y. intermedia but whose characteristics did not fit into the biotyping scheme. These 44 strains were separated into two biochemical groups: variant 1 (positive for acid production from l-rhamnose and alphaMG and positive for Simmons citrate utlization) and variant 2 (positive for acid production from l-rhamnose and alphaMG). These atypical strains could correspond to new biotypes of Y. intermedia, to Y. frederiksenii strains having the atypical property of fermenting alphaMG, or to new Yersinia species. These strains did not exhibit growth or phenotypic properties different from those of Y. intermedia and Y. frederiksenii and did not harbor any of the virulence traits usually found in pathogenic species. DNA-DNA hybridizations performed between one strain each of variants 1 and 2 and the Y. intermedia and Y. frederiksenii type strains demonstrated that these variants do belong to the Y. intermedia species. We thus propose that Brenner's biotyping scheme be updated by adding two new biotypes: 9 (for variant 1) and 10 (for variant 2) to the species Y. intermedia.
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Yersinia enterocolitica and Y. enterocolitica-like species in clinical stool specimens of humans: identification and prevalence of bio/serotypes in Finland. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2009; 28:757-65. [DOI: 10.1007/s10096-008-0696-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2008] [Accepted: 12/22/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Adékambi T, Drancourt M, Raoult D. The rpoB gene as a tool for clinical microbiologists. Trends Microbiol 2008; 17:37-45. [PMID: 19081723 DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2008.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 209] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2008] [Revised: 09/24/2008] [Accepted: 09/25/2008] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The rpoB gene, encoding the beta-subunit of RNA polymerase, has emerged as a core gene candidate for phylogenetic analyses and identification of bacteria, especially when studying closely related isolates. Together with the 16S rRNA gene, rpoB has helped to delineate new bacterial species and refine bacterial community analysis, as well as enabling the monitoring of rifampicin resistance-conferring mutations. Sequencing of rpoB enables efficient estimation of bacterial G+C% content, DNA-DNA hybridization value and average nucleotide identity (percentage of the total genomic sequence shared between two strains) when taxonomic relationships have been firmly established. New identification tools targeting a rpoB gene fragment located between positions 2300 and 3300 have been developed recently. Therefore, inclusion of the rpoB gene sequence would be useful when describing new bacterial species.
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- Toïdi Adékambi
- Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes, CNRS IRD UMR 6236 IFR 48, Faculté de Médecine, Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France
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Isabel S, Leblanc E, Boissinot M, Boudreau DK, Grondin M, Picard FJ, Martel EA, Parham NJ, Chain PSG, Bader DE, Mulvey MR, Bryden L, Roy PH, Ouellette M, Bergeron MG. Divergence among genes encoding the elongation factor Tu of Yersinia Species. J Bacteriol 2008; 190:7548-58. [PMID: 18790860 PMCID: PMC2576667 DOI: 10.1128/jb.01067-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2008] [Accepted: 08/27/2008] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Elongation factor Tu (EF-Tu), encoded by tuf genes, carries aminoacyl-tRNA to the ribosome during protein synthesis. Duplicated tuf genes (tufA and tufB), which are commonly found in enterobacterial species, usually coevolve via gene conversion and are very similar to one another. However, sequence analysis of tuf genes in our laboratory has revealed highly divergent copies in 72 strains spanning the genus Yersinia (representing 12 Yersinia species). The levels of intragenomic divergence between tufA and tufB sequences ranged from 8.3 to 16.2% for the genus Yersinia, which is significantly greater than the 0.0 to 3.6% divergence observed for other enterobacterial genera. We further explored tuf gene evolution in Yersinia and other Enterobacteriaceae by performing directed sequencing and phylogenetic analyses. Phylogenetic trees constructed using concatenated tufA and tufB sequences revealed a monophyletic genus Yersinia in the family Enterobacteriaceae. Moreover, Yersinia strains form clades within the genus that mostly correlate with their phenotypic and genetic classifications. These genetic analyses revealed an unusual divergence between Yersinia tufA and tufB sequences, a feature unique among sequenced Enterobacteriaceae and indicative of a genus-wide loss of gene conversion. Furthermore, they provided valuable phylogenetic information for possible reclassification and identification of Yersinia species.
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- Sandra Isabel
- Centre de recherche en infectiologie de l'Université Laval, Centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec, Québec, Canada G1V 4G2
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