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Zhao X, Gao L, Ali Q, Yu C, Yuan B, Huang H, Long J, Gu Q, Wu H, Gao X. A type VI secretion system effector TseG of Pantoea ananatis is involved in virulence and antibacterial activity. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2024; 25:e13442. [PMID: 38476100 DOI: 10.1111/mpp.13442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2023] [Revised: 01/14/2024] [Accepted: 02/16/2024] [Indexed: 03/14/2024]
Abstract
The type VI secretion system (T6SS) of many gram-negative bacteria injects toxic effectors into adjacent cells to manipulate host cells during pathogenesis or to kill competing bacteria. However, the identification and function of the T6SS effectors remains only partly known. Pantoea ananatis, a gram-negative bacterium, is commonly found in various plants and natural environments, including water and soil. In the current study, genomic analysis of P. ananatis DZ-12 causing brown stalk rot on maize demonstrated that it carries three T6SS gene clusters, namely, T6SS-1, T6SS-2, and T6SS-3. Interestingly, only T6SS-1 secretion systems are involved in pathogenicity and bacterial competition. The study also investigated the T6SS-1 system in detail and identified an unknown T6SS-1-secreted effector TseG by using the upstream T6SS effector chaperone TecG containing a conserved domain of DUF2169. TseG can directly interact with the chaperone TecG for delivery and with a downstream immunity protein TsiG for protection from its toxicity. TseG, highly conserved in the Pantoea genus, is involved in virulence in maize, potato, and onion. Additionally, P. ananatis uses TseG to target Escherichia coli, gaining a competitive advantage. This study provides the first report on the T6SS-1-secreted effector from P. ananatis, thereby enriching our understanding of the various types and functions of type VI effector proteins.
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- Xiaozhen Zhao
- Key Laboratory of Monitoring and Management of Crop Disease and Pest Insects, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Ministry of Education, Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Monitoring and Management of Crop Disease and Pest Insects, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Ministry of Education, Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Monitoring and Management of Crop Disease and Pest Insects, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Ministry of Education, Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Monitoring and Management of Crop Disease and Pest Insects, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Ministry of Education, Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Monitoring and Management of Crop Disease and Pest Insects, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Ministry of Education, Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Monitoring and Management of Crop Disease and Pest Insects, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Ministry of Education, Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Monitoring and Management of Crop Disease and Pest Insects, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Ministry of Education, Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Monitoring and Management of Crop Disease and Pest Insects, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Ministry of Education, Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Monitoring and Management of Crop Disease and Pest Insects, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Ministry of Education, Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Monitoring and Management of Crop Disease and Pest Insects, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Ministry of Education, Nanjing, China
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Peng M, Lin W, Zhou A, Jiang Z, Zhou F, Wang Z. High genetic diversity and different type VI secretion systems in Enterobacter species revealed by comparative genomics analysis. BMC Microbiol 2024; 24:26. [PMID: 38238664 PMCID: PMC10797944 DOI: 10.1186/s12866-023-03164-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2023] [Accepted: 12/18/2023] [Indexed: 01/22/2024] Open
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The human-pathogenic Enterobacter species are widely distributed in diverse environmental conditions, however, the understanding of the virulence factors and genetic variations within the genus is very limited. In this study, we performed comparative genomics analysis of 49 strains originated from diverse niches and belonged to eight Enterobacter species, in order to further understand the mechanism of adaption to the environment in Enterobacter. The results showed that they had an open pan-genome and high genomic diversity which allowed adaptation to distinctive ecological niches. We found the number of secretion systems was the highest among various virulence factors in these Enterobacter strains. Three types of T6SS gene clusters including T6SS-A, T6SS-B and T6SS-C were detected in most Enterobacter strains. T6SS-A and T6SS-B shared 13 specific core genes, but they had different gene structures, suggesting they probably have different biological functions. Notably, T6SS-C was restricted to E. cancerogenus. We detected a T6SS gene cluster, highly similar to T6SS-C (91.2%), in the remote related Citrobacter rodenitum, suggesting that this unique gene cluster was probably acquired by horizontal gene transfer. The genomes of Enterobacter strains possess high genetic diversity, limited number of conserved core genes, and multiple copies of T6SS gene clusters with differentiated structures, suggesting that the origins of T6SS were not by duplication instead by independent acquisition. These findings provide valuable information for better understanding of the functional features of Enterobacter species and their evolutionary relationships.
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- Mu Peng
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Biological Resources Protection and Utilization, Hubei Minzu University, Enshi, China.
- College of Biological and Food Engineering, College of Biological and Food Engineering, Hubei Minzu University, Hubei Minzu University, No. 39 Xueyuan Street, Enshi, 445000, China.
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- College of Biological and Food Engineering, College of Biological and Food Engineering, Hubei Minzu University, Hubei Minzu University, No. 39 Xueyuan Street, Enshi, 445000, China
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- Institute for Environmental Genomics, Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA
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- College of Biological and Food Engineering, College of Biological and Food Engineering, Hubei Minzu University, Hubei Minzu University, No. 39 Xueyuan Street, Enshi, 445000, China
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- College of Biological and Food Engineering, College of Biological and Food Engineering, Hubei Minzu University, Hubei Minzu University, No. 39 Xueyuan Street, Enshi, 445000, China
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- College of Biological and Food Engineering, College of Biological and Food Engineering, Hubei Minzu University, Hubei Minzu University, No. 39 Xueyuan Street, Enshi, 445000, China.
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Maurya S, Arya CK, Parmar N, Sathyanarayanan N, Joshi CG, Ramanathan G. Genomic profiling and characteristics of a C1 degrading heterotrophic fresh-water bacterium Paracoccus sp. strain DMF. Arch Microbiol 2023; 206:6. [PMID: 38015256 DOI: 10.1007/s00203-023-03729-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2023] [Revised: 10/27/2023] [Accepted: 10/30/2023] [Indexed: 11/29/2023]
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Paracoccus species are metabolically versatile gram-negative, aerobic facultative methylotrophic bacteria showing enormous promise for environmental and bioremediation studies. Here we report, the complete genome analysis of Paracoccus sp. strain DMF (P. DMF) that was isolated from a domestic wastewater treatment plant in Kanpur, India (26.4287 °N, 80.3891 °E) based on its ability to degrade a recalcitrant organic solvent N, N-dimethylformamide (DMF). The results reveal a genome size of 4,202,269 base pairs (bp) with a G + C content of 67.9%. The assembled genome comprises 4141 coding sequences (CDS), 46 RNA sequences, and 2 CRISPRs. Interestingly, catabolic operons related to the conventional marine-based methylated amines (MAs) degradation pathway were functionally annotated within the genome of an obligated aerobic heterotroph that is P. DMF. The genomic data-based characterization presented here for the novel heterotroph P. DMF aims to improve the understanding of the phenotypic gene products, enzymes, and pathways involved with greater emphasis on facultative methylotrophic motility-based latent pathogenicity.
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- Shiwangi Maurya
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, 208016, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, 208016, India
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- Gujarat Biotechnology Research Centre (GBRC), Gandhinagar, Gujarat, 382 011, India
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- Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine (inStem), Bangalore, 560065, India
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- Gujarat Biotechnology Research Centre (GBRC), Gandhinagar, Gujarat, 382 011, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, 208016, India.
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Calder A, Snyder LAS. Diversity of the type VI secretion systems in the Neisseria spp. Microb Genom 2023; 9. [PMID: 37052605 DOI: 10.1099/mgen.0.000986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/14/2023] Open
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Complete Type VI Secretion Systems were identified in the genome sequence data of Neisseria subflava isolates sourced from throat swabs of human volunteers. The previous report was the first to describe two complete Type VI Secretion Systems in these isolates, both of which were distinct in terms of their gene organization and sequence homology. Since publication of the first report, Type VI Secretion System subtypes have been identified in Neisseria spp. The characteristics of each type in N. subflava are further investigated here and in the context of the other Neisseria spp., including identification of the lineages containing the different types and subtypes. Type VI Secretion Systems use VgrG for delivery of toxin effector proteins; several copies of vgrG and associated effector / immunity pairs are present in Neisseria spp. Based on sequence similarity between strains and species, these core Type VI Secretion System genes, vgrG, and effector / immunity genes may diversify via horizontal gene transfer, an instrument for gene acquisition and repair in Neisseria spp.
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- Alan Calder
- School of Life Sciences, Pharmacy, and Chemistry, Kingston University, Penrhyn Road, Kingston upon Thames, KT1 2EE, UK
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- School of Life Sciences, Pharmacy, and Chemistry, Kingston University, Penrhyn Road, Kingston upon Thames, KT1 2EE, UK
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Bing XL, Wan YY, Liu HH, Ji R, Zhao DS, Niu YD, Li TP, Hong XY. Characterization of Pantoea ananatis from rice planthoppers reveals a clade of rice-associated P. ananatis undergoing genome reduction. Microb Genom 2022; 8:mgen000907. [PMID: 36748509 PMCID: PMC9837560 DOI: 10.1099/mgen.0.000907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/09/2022] Open
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Pantoea ananatis is a bacterium that is found in many agronomic crops and agricultural pests. Here, we isolated a P. ananatis strain (Lstr) from the rice planthopper Laodelphax striatellus, a notorious pest that feeds on rice plant sap and transmits rice viruses, in order to examine its genome and biology. P. ananatis Lstr is an insect symbiont that is pathogenic to the host insect and appears to mostly inhabit the gut. Its pathogenicity thus raises the possibility of using the Lstr strain as a biological agent. To this end, we analysed the genome of the Lstr strain and compared it with the genomes of other Pantoea species. Our analysis of these genomes shows that P. ananatis can be divided into two mono-phylogenetic clades (clades one and two). The Lstr strain belongs to clade two and is grouped with P. ananatis strains that were isolated from rice or rice-associated samples. A comparative genomic analysis shows that clade two differs from clade one in many genomic characteristics including genome structures, mobile elements, and categories of coding proteins. The genomes of clade two P. ananatis are significantly smaller, have much fewer coding sequences but more pseudogenes than those of clade one, suggesting that clade two species are at the early stage of genome reduction. On the other hand, P. ananatis has a type VI secretion system that is highly variable but cannot be separated by clades. These results clarify our understanding of P. ananatis' phylogenetic diversity and provide clues to the interactions between P. ananatis, host insect, and plant that may lead to advances in rice protection and pest control.
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- Xiao-Li Bing
- Department of Entomology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, PR China
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- Department of Entomology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, PR China
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- Department of Entomology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, PR China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210014, PR China
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- Department of Entomology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, PR China
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- Department of Entomology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, PR China
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- Department of Entomology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, PR China
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- Department of Entomology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, PR China,*Correspondence: Xiao-Yue Hong,
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Carobbi A, Di Nepi S, Fridman CM, Dar Y, Ben‐Yaakov R, Barash I, Salomon D, Sessa G. An antibacterial T6SS in Pantoea agglomerans pv. betae delivers a lysozyme-like effector to antagonize competitors. Environ Microbiol 2022; 24:4787-4802. [PMID: 35706135 PMCID: PMC9796082 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.16100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2021] [Accepted: 06/10/2022] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The type VI secretion system (T6SS) is deployed by numerous Gram-negative bacteria to deliver toxic effectors into neighbouring cells. The genome of Pantoea agglomerans pv. betae (Pab) phytopathogenic bacteria contains a gene cluster (T6SS1) predicted to encode a complete T6SS. Using secretion and competition assays, we found that T6SS1 in Pab is a functional antibacterial system that allows this pathogen to outcompete rival plant-associated bacteria found in its natural environment. Computational analysis of the T6SS1 gene cluster revealed that antibacterial effector and immunity proteins are encoded within three genomic islands that also harbour arrays of orphan immunity genes or toxin and immunity cassettes. Functional analyses indicated that VgrG, a specialized antibacterial effector, contains a C-terminal catalytically active glucosaminidase domain that is used to degrade prey peptidoglycan. Moreover, we confirmed that a bicistronic unit at the end of the T6SS1 cluster encodes a novel antibacterial T6SS effector and immunity pair. Together, these results demonstrate that Pab T6SS1 is an antibacterial system delivering a lysozyme-like effector to eliminate competitors, and indicate that this bacterium contains additional novel T6SS effectors.
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- Andrea Carobbi
- School of Plant Sciences and Food Security, The George S. Wise Faculty of Life SciencesTel‐Aviv UniversityTel‐Aviv
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- School of Plant Sciences and Food Security, The George S. Wise Faculty of Life SciencesTel‐Aviv UniversityTel‐Aviv
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- Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, Sackler Faculty of MedicineTel Aviv UniversityTel Aviv
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- Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, Sackler Faculty of MedicineTel Aviv UniversityTel Aviv
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- Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, Sackler Faculty of MedicineTel Aviv UniversityTel Aviv
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- School of Plant Sciences and Food Security, The George S. Wise Faculty of Life SciencesTel‐Aviv UniversityTel‐Aviv
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- Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, Sackler Faculty of MedicineTel Aviv UniversityTel Aviv
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- School of Plant Sciences and Food Security, The George S. Wise Faculty of Life SciencesTel‐Aviv UniversityTel‐Aviv
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do Nascimento Soares T, Silva Valadares V, Cardoso Amorim G, de Mattos Lacerda de Carvalho M, Berrêdo‐Pinho M, Ceneviva Lacerda Almeida F, Mascarello Bisch P, Batista PR, Miranda Santos Lery L. The C‐terminal extension of
VgrG4
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Klebsiella pneumoniae
remodels host cell microfilaments. Proteins 2022; 90:1655-1668. [PMID: 35430767 PMCID: PMC9542434 DOI: 10.1002/prot.26344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2021] [Revised: 03/11/2022] [Accepted: 04/07/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Klebsiella pneumoniae is an opportunistic pathogen, which concerns public health systems worldwide, as multiple antibiotic‐resistant strains are frequent. One of its pathogenicity factors is the Type VI Secretion System (T6SS), a macromolecular complex assembled through the bacterial membranes. T6SS injects effector proteins inside target cells. Such effectors confer competitive advantages or modulate the target cell signaling and metabolism to favor bacterial infection. The VgrG protein is a T6SS core component. It may present a variable C‐terminal domain carrying an additional effector function. Kp52.145 genome encodes three VgrG proteins, one of them with a C‐terminal extension (VgrG4‐CTD). VgrG4‐CTD is 138 amino acids long, does not contain domains of known function, but is conserved in some Klebsiella, and non‐Klebsiella species. To get insights into its function, recombinant VgrG4‐CTD was used in pulldown experiments to capture ligands from macrophages and lung epithelial cells. A total of 254 proteins were identified: most of them are ribosomal proteins. Cytoskeleton‐associated and proteins involved in the phagosome maturation pathway were also identified. We further showed that VgrG4‐CTD binds actin and induces actin remodeling in macrophages. This study presents novel clues on the role of K. pneumoniae T6SS in pathogenesis.
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- Laboratório de Microbiologia Celular Instituto Oswaldo Cruz Rio de Janeiro Brazil
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- Centro Nacional de Ressonância Magnética Nuclear Instituto de Bioquímica Médica, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Brazil
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- Laboratório de Física‐Biológica Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Brazil
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Unni R, Pintor KL, Diepold A, Unterweger D. Presence and absence of type VI secretion systems in bacteria. MICROBIOLOGY (READING, ENGLAND) 2022; 168. [PMID: 35467500 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.001151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The type VI secretion system (T6SS) is a molecular puncturing device that enables Gram-negative bacteria to kill competitors, manipulate host cells and take up nutrients. Who would want to miss such superpowers? Indeed, many studies show how widespread the secretion apparatus is among microbes. However, it is becoming evident that, on multiple taxonomic levels, from phyla to species and strains, some bacteria lack a T6SS. Here, we review who does and does not have a type VI secretion apparatus and speculate on the dynamic process of gaining and losing the secretion system to better understand its spread and distribution across the microbial world.
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- Rahul Unni
- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, August-Thienemann-Straße 2, 24306 Plön, Germany.,Institute for Experimental Medicine, Kiel University, Michaelisstraße 5, 24105 Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Ecophysiology, Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Karl-von-Frisch-Str. 10, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Ecophysiology, Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Karl-von-Frisch-Str. 10, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, August-Thienemann-Straße 2, 24306 Plön, Germany.,Institute for Experimental Medicine, Kiel University, Michaelisstraße 5, 24105 Kiel, Germany
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Liyanapathiranage P, Wagner N, Avram O, Pupko T, Potnis N. Phylogenetic Distribution and Evolution of Type VI Secretion System in the Genus Xanthomonas. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:840308. [PMID: 35495725 PMCID: PMC9048695 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.840308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2021] [Accepted: 02/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The type VI secretion system (T6SS) present in many Gram-negative bacteria is a contact-dependent apparatus that can directly deliver secreted effectors or toxins into diverse neighboring cellular targets including both prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms. Recent reverse genetics studies with T6 core gene loci have indicated the importance of functional T6SS toward overall competitive fitness in various pathogenic Xanthomonas spp. To understand the contribution of T6SS toward ecology and evolution of Xanthomonas spp., we explored the distribution of the three distinguishable T6SS clusters, i3*, i3***, and i4, in approximately 1,740 Xanthomonas genomes, along with their conservation, genetic organization, and their evolutionary patterns in this genus. Screening genomes for core genes of each T6 cluster indicated that 40% of the sequenced strains possess two T6 clusters, with combinations of i3*** and i3* or i3*** and i4. A few strains of Xanthomonas citri, Xanthomonas phaseoli, and Xanthomonas cissicola were the exception, possessing a unique combination of i3* and i4. The findings also indicated clade-specific distribution of T6SS clusters. Phylogenetic analysis demonstrated that T6SS clusters i3* and i3*** were probably acquired by the ancestor of the genus Xanthomonas, followed by gain or loss of individual clusters upon diversification into subsequent clades. T6 i4 cluster has been acquired in recent independent events by group 2 xanthomonads followed by its spread via horizontal dissemination across distinct clades across groups 1 and 2 xanthomonads. We also noted reshuffling of the entire core T6 loci, as well as T6SS spike complex components, hcp and vgrG, among different species. Our findings indicate that gain or loss events of specific T6SS clusters across Xanthomonas phylogeny have not been random.
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- The Shmunis School of Biomedicine and Cancer Research, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- The Shmunis School of Biomedicine and Cancer Research, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- The Shmunis School of Biomedicine and Cancer Research, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, United States
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Rolli E, de Zélicourt A, Alzubaidy H, Karampelias M, Parween S, Rayapuram N, Han B, Froehlich K, Abulfaraj AA, Alhoraibi H, Mariappan K, Andrés-Barrao C, Colcombet J, Hirt H. The Lys-motif receptor LYK4 mediates Enterobacter sp. SA187 triggered salt tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana. Environ Microbiol 2021; 24:223-239. [PMID: 34951090 PMCID: PMC9304150 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.15839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2021] [Revised: 09/27/2021] [Accepted: 11/01/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Root endophytes establish beneficial interactions with plants, improving holobiont resilience and fitness, but how plant immunity accommodates beneficial microbes is poorly understood. The multi-stress tolerance-inducing endophyte Enterobacter sp. SA187 triggers a canonical immune response in Arabidopsis only at high bacterial dosage (>108 CFUs ml-1 ), suggesting that SA187 is able to evade or suppress the plant defence system at lower titres. Although SA187 flagellin epitopes are recognized by the FLS2 receptor, SA187-triggered salt tolerance functions independently of the FLS2 system. In contrast, overexpression of the chitin receptor components LYK4 and LYK5 compromised the beneficial effect of SA187 on Arabidopsis, while it was enhanced in lyk4 mutant plants. Transcriptome analysis revealed that the role of LYK4 is intertwined with a function in remodelling defence responses with growth and root developmental processes. LYK4 interferes with modification of plant ethylene homeostasis by Enterobacter SA187 to boost salt stress resistance. Collectively, these results contribute to unlock the crosstalk between components of the plant immune system and beneficial microbes and point to a new role for the Lys-motif receptor LYK4 in beneficial plant-microbe interaction.
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- Eleonora Rolli
- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, INRAE, Université d'Evry, Université de Paris, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), Orsay, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, INRAE, Université d'Evry, Université de Paris, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), Orsay, France
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- DARWIN21, Center for Desert Agriculture, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- DARWIN21, Center for Desert Agriculture, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- DARWIN21, Center for Desert Agriculture, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- DARWIN21, Center for Desert Agriculture, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- DARWIN21, Center for Desert Agriculture, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- DARWIN21, Center for Desert Agriculture, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Science and Arts College, Rabigh Campus, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- DARWIN21, Center for Desert Agriculture, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- DARWIN21, Center for Desert Agriculture, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, INRAE, Université d'Evry, Université de Paris, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), Orsay, France
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- DARWIN21, Center for Desert Agriculture, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia.,Max F. Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Marques AT, Tanoeiro L, Duarte A, Gonçalves L, Vítor JMB, Vale FF. Genomic Analysis of Prophages from Klebsiella pneumoniae Clinical Isolates. Microorganisms 2021; 9:2252. [PMID: 34835377 PMCID: PMC8617712 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms9112252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2021] [Revised: 10/15/2021] [Accepted: 10/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Klebsiella pneumoniae is an increasing threat to public health and represents one of the most concerning pathogens involved in life-threatening infections. The resistant and virulence determinants are coded by mobile genetic elements which can easily spread between bacteria populations and co-evolve with its genomic host. In this study, we present the full genomic sequences, insertion sites and phylogenetic analysis of 150 prophages found in 40 K. pneumoniae clinical isolates obtained from an outbreak in a Portuguese hospital. All strains harbored at least one prophage and we identified 104 intact prophages (69.3%). The prophage size ranges from 29.7 to 50.6 kbp, coding between 32 and 78 putative genes. The prophage GC content is 51.2%, lower than the average GC content of 57.1% in K. pneumoniae. Complete prophages were classified into three families in the order Caudolovirales: Myoviridae (59.6%), Siphoviridae (38.5%) and Podoviridae (1.9%). In addition, an alignment and phylogenetic analysis revealed nine distinct clusters. Evidence of recombination was detected within the genome of some prophages but, in most cases, proteins involved in viral structure, transcription, replication and regulation (lysogenic/lysis) were maintained. These results support the knowledge that prophages are diverse and widely disseminated in K. pneumoniae genomes, contributing to the evolution of this species and conferring additional phenotypes. Moreover, we identified K. pneumoniae prophages in a set of endolysin genes, which were found to code for proteins with lysozyme activity, cleaving the β-1,4 linkages between N-acetylmuramic acid and N-acetyl-D-glucosamine residues in the peptidoglycan network and thus representing genes with the potential for lysin phage therapy.
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- Andreia T. Marques
- Pathogen Genome Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Research Institute for Medicines (iMed-ULisboa), Faculty of Pharmacy, Universidade de Lisboa, 1649-003 Lisboa, Portugal; (L.T.); (J.M.B.V.)
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- Pathogen Genome Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Research Institute for Medicines (iMed-ULisboa), Faculty of Pharmacy, Universidade de Lisboa, 1649-003 Lisboa, Portugal; (L.T.); (J.M.B.V.)
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Gama Pinto, 1649-003 Lisboa, Portugal;
- Centro de Investigação Interdisciplinar Egas Moniz, Instituto Universitário Egas Moniz, 2829-511 Monte da Caparica, Portugal
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- Clinical Pathology Unit, Hospital SAMS, Cidade de Gabela, 1849-017 Lisboa, Portugal;
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- Pathogen Genome Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Research Institute for Medicines (iMed-ULisboa), Faculty of Pharmacy, Universidade de Lisboa, 1649-003 Lisboa, Portugal; (L.T.); (J.M.B.V.)
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- Pathogen Genome Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Research Institute for Medicines (iMed-ULisboa), Faculty of Pharmacy, Universidade de Lisboa, 1649-003 Lisboa, Portugal; (L.T.); (J.M.B.V.)
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Yadav SK, Magotra A, Ghosh S, Krishnan A, Pradhan A, Kumar R, Das J, Sharma M, Jha G. Immunity proteins of dual nuclease T6SS effectors function as transcriptional repressors. EMBO Rep 2021; 22:e51857. [PMID: 33786997 PMCID: PMC8183406 DOI: 10.15252/embr.202051857] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2020] [Revised: 02/26/2021] [Accepted: 03/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Bacteria utilize type VI secretion system (T6SS) to deliver antibacterial toxins to target co-habiting bacteria. Here, we report that Burkholderia gladioli strain NGJ1 deploys certain T6SS effectors (TseTBg), having both DNase and RNase activities to kill target bacteria. RNase activity is prominent on NGJ1 as well as other bacterial RNA while DNase activity is pertinent to only other bacteria. The associated immunity (TsiTBg) proteins harbor non-canonical helix-turn-helix motifs and demonstrate transcriptional repression activity, similar to the antitoxins of type II toxin-antitoxin (TA) systems. Genome analysis reveals that homologs of TseTBg are either encoded as TA or T6SS effectors in diverse bacteria. Our results indicate that a new ORF (encoding a hypothetical protein) has evolved as a result of operonic fusion of TA type TseTBg homolog with certain T6SS-related genes by the action of IS3 transposable elements. This has potentially led to the conversion of a TA into T6SS effector in Burkholderia. Our study exemplifies that bacteria can recruit toxins of TA systems as T6SS weapons to diversify its arsenal to dominate during inter-bacterial competitions.
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- Sunil Kumar Yadav
- Plant Microbe Interactions LaboratoryNational Institute of Plant Genome ResearchAruna Asaf Ali MargIndia
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- Plant Microbe Interactions LaboratoryNational Institute of Plant Genome ResearchAruna Asaf Ali MargIndia
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- Plant Microbe Interactions LaboratoryNational Institute of Plant Genome ResearchAruna Asaf Ali MargIndia
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- Plant Microbe Interactions LaboratoryNational Institute of Plant Genome ResearchAruna Asaf Ali MargIndia
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- Plant Microbe Interactions LaboratoryNational Institute of Plant Genome ResearchAruna Asaf Ali MargIndia
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- Plant Microbe Interactions LaboratoryNational Institute of Plant Genome ResearchAruna Asaf Ali MargIndia
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- Plant Microbe Interactions LaboratoryNational Institute of Plant Genome ResearchAruna Asaf Ali MargIndia
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- Plant Microbe Interactions LaboratoryNational Institute of Plant Genome ResearchAruna Asaf Ali MargIndia
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- Plant Microbe Interactions LaboratoryNational Institute of Plant Genome ResearchAruna Asaf Ali MargIndia
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Zhao X, Gao L, Huang H, Zhao Y, Hanif A, Wu H, Gu Q, Wu L, Gao X. Exploring the pathogenic function of Pantoea ananatis endogenous plasmid by an efficient and simple plasmid elimination strategy. Microbiol Res 2021; 246:126710. [PMID: 33556709 DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2021.126710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2020] [Revised: 12/23/2020] [Accepted: 01/22/2021] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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The bacterium Pantoea ananatis is associated with devastating plant diseases that cause serious economic losses. Strain DZ-12 was previously isolated from maize brown rot leaves in Hebei Province, China and its genome sequencing revealed that it belongs to P. ananatis. It contains a large, endogenous plasmid, pDZ-12. Different studies have shown that virulence determinants are frequently carried on plasmids. To determine whether pDZ-12 from P. ananatis has any effect on pathogenicity, the plasmid was eliminated by substituting its native replication genes with temperature-sensitive replication genes. The resulting temperature-sensitive plasmid could be cured by growing cells at high temperature (37℃). Loss of pDZ-12 from P. ananatis DZ-12 led to a decreased disease severity in maize plants suggesting that the endogenous plasmid is important for pathogenesis. Loss of pDZ-12 also affected the ability of the bacterium to form biofilms. The study provides the first evidence that the endogenous plasmid of P. ananatis DZ-12 is important for pathogenesis in maize plants and carries genes involved in biofilm formation. This study also presents the first report on curing a plasmid from P. ananatis.
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- Xiaozhen Zhao
- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Monitoring and Management of Crop Disease and Pest Insects, Ministry of Education, Nanjing 210095, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Monitoring and Management of Crop Disease and Pest Insects, Ministry of Education, Nanjing 210095, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Monitoring and Management of Crop Disease and Pest Insects, Ministry of Education, Nanjing 210095, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Monitoring and Management of Crop Disease and Pest Insects, Ministry of Education, Nanjing 210095, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Monitoring and Management of Crop Disease and Pest Insects, Ministry of Education, Nanjing 210095, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Monitoring and Management of Crop Disease and Pest Insects, Ministry of Education, Nanjing 210095, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Monitoring and Management of Crop Disease and Pest Insects, Ministry of Education, Nanjing 210095, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Monitoring and Management of Crop Disease and Pest Insects, Ministry of Education, Nanjing 210095, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Monitoring and Management of Crop Disease and Pest Insects, Ministry of Education, Nanjing 210095, China.
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Comprehensive genomic analysis reveals virulence factors and antibiotic resistance genes in Pantoea agglomerans KM1, a potential opportunistic pathogen. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0239792. [PMID: 33406073 PMCID: PMC7787473 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0239792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2020] [Accepted: 11/29/2020] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Pantoea agglomerans is a Gram-negative facultative anaerobic bacillus causing a wide range of opportunistic infections in humans including septicemia, pneumonia, septic arthritis, wound infections and meningitis. To date, the determinants of virulence, antibiotic resistance, metabolic features conferring survival and host-associated pathogenic potential of this bacterium remain largely underexplored. In this study, we sequenced and assembled the whole-genome of P. agglomerans KM1 isolated from kimchi in South Korea. The genome contained one circular chromosome of 4,039,945 bp, 3 mega plasmids, and 2 prophages. The phage-derived genes encoded integrase, lysozyme and terminase. Six CRISPR loci were identified within the bacterial chromosome. Further in-depth analysis showed that the genome contained 13 antibiotic resistance genes conferring resistance to clinically important antibiotics such as penicillin G, bacitracin, rifampicin, vancomycin, and fosfomycin. Genes involved in adaptations to environmental stress were also identified which included factors providing resistance to osmotic lysis, oxidative stress, as well as heat and cold shock. The genomic analysis of virulence factors led to identification of a type VI secretion system, hemolysin, filamentous hemagglutinin, and genes involved in iron uptake and sequestration. Finally, the data provided here show that, the KM1 isolate exerted strong immunostimulatory properties on RAW 264.7 macrophages in vitro. Stimulated cells produced Nitric Oxide (NO) and pro-inflammatory cytokines TNF-α, IL-6 and the anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-10. The upstream signaling for production of TNF-α, IL-6, IL-10, and NO depended on TLR4 and TLR1/2. While production of TNF-α, IL-6 and NO involved solely activation of the NF-κB, IL-10 secretion was largely dependent on NF-κB and to a lesser extent on MAPK Kinases. Taken together, the analysis of the whole-genome and immunostimulatory properties provided in-depth characterization of the P. agglomerans KM1 isolate shedding a new light on determinants of virulence that drive its interactions with the environment, other microorganisms and eukaryotic hosts
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Draft genome sequencing data of a pathogenic Pantoea stewartii subspecies stewartii strain SQT1 causing bronzing disease of jackfruit in Malaysia. Data Brief 2020; 30:105634. [PMID: 32395592 PMCID: PMC7205738 DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2020.105634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2020] [Revised: 04/20/2020] [Accepted: 04/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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A Gram-negative bacterium, Pantoea stewartii subspecies stewartii (P. stewartii subsp. stewartii) has been recognized as the causative agent for jackfruit bronzing disease in Malaysia. Here, we report the whole genome sequencing dataset of P. stewartii subsp. stewartii strain SQT1 isolated from local infected jackfruit. The paired-end libraries with an insert size of 350 bp was subjected to the Illumina Hiseq 4000, generating a genome size of 4,783,993 bp with a G+C content of 53.7%. A total protein of 4,671 was identified including virulence factors, resistance factors and secretion systems. Pantoea stewartii subsp. stewartii strain DC283 (NCBI accession no. CP017581.1) was used as a reference genome, where the query hit 72% coverage and average sequencing depth of 68. In total, 28,717 nucleotide polymorphisms, 520 small insertion/deletions and 142 structure variants were identified. The complete genome was deposited at the European Nucleotide Archive under the sample accession number ERP119356 and study accession number PRJEB36196.
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Peñil-Celis A, Garcillán-Barcia MP. Crosstalk Between Type VI Secretion System and Mobile Genetic Elements. Front Mol Biosci 2019; 6:126. [PMID: 31799257 PMCID: PMC6863884 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2019.00126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2019] [Accepted: 10/28/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Many bacterial processes require cell-cell contacts. Such are the cases of bacterial conjugation, one of the main horizontal gene transfer mechanisms that physically spreads DNA, and the type VI secretion systems (T6SSs), which deploy antibacterial activity. Bacteria depend on conjugation to adapt to changing environments, while T6SS killing activity could pose a threat to mating partners. Here we review the experimental evidences of overlapping and interaction between the T6SSs, bacterial conjugation, and conjugative genetic elements.
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- Arancha Peñil-Celis
- Instituto de Biomedicina y Biotecnología de Cantabria, Universidad de Cantabria-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Santander, Spain
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- Instituto de Biomedicina y Biotecnología de Cantabria, Universidad de Cantabria-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Santander, Spain
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Repizo GD, Espariz M, Seravalle JL, Salcedo SP. Bioinformatic Analysis of the Type VI Secretion System and Its Potential Toxins in the Acinetobacter Genus. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2519. [PMID: 31736933 PMCID: PMC6838775 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.02519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2019] [Accepted: 10/18/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Several Acinetobacter strains are important nosocomial pathogens, with Acinetobacter baumannii as the species of greatest concern worldwide due to its multi-drug resistance and recent appearance of hyper-virulent strains in the clinical setting. Acinetobacter colonization of the environment and the host is associated with a multitude of factors which remain poorly characterized. Among them, the secretion systems (SS) encoded by Acinetobacter species confer adaptive advantages depending on the niche occupied. Different SS have been characterized in this group of microorganisms, including T6SS used by several Acinetobacter species to outcompete other bacteria and in some A. baumannii strains for Galleria mellonella colonization. Therefore, to better understand the distribution of the T6SS in this genus we carried out an in-depth comparative genomic analysis of the T6SS in 191 sequenced strains. To this end, we analyzed the gene content, sequence similarity, synteny and operon structure of each T6SS loci. The presence of a single conserved T6SS-main cluster (T6SS-1), with two different genetic organizations, was detected in the genomes of several ecologically diverse species. Furthermore, a second main cluster (T6SS-2) was detected in a subgroup of 3 species of environmental origin. Detailed analysis also showed an impressive genetic versatility in T6SS-associated islands, carrying VgrG, PAAR and putative toxin-encoding genes. This in silico study represents the first detailed intra-species comparative analysis of T6SS-associated genes in the Acinetobacter genus, that should contribute to the future experimental characterization of T6SS proteins and effectors.
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- Guillermo D Repizo
- Departamento de Microbiologia, Facultad de Ciencias Bioquimicas y Farmaceuticas, Instituto de Biologia Molecular y Celular de Rosario (IBR, CONICET), Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Rosario, Argentina
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- Departamento de Microbiologia, Facultad de Ciencias Bioquimicas y Farmaceuticas, Instituto de Biologia Molecular y Celular de Rosario (IBR, CONICET), Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Rosario, Argentina
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- Departamento de Microbiologia, Facultad de Ciencias Bioquimicas y Farmaceuticas, Instituto de Biologia Molecular y Celular de Rosario (IBR, CONICET), Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Rosario, Argentina
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- Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Structural Biochemistry, CNRS UMR 5086, University of Lyon, Lyon, France
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Lewis JM, Deveson Lucas D, Harper M, Boyce JD. Systematic Identification and Analysis of Acinetobacter baumannii Type VI Secretion System Effector and Immunity Components. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2440. [PMID: 31736890 PMCID: PMC6833914 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.02440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2019] [Accepted: 10/10/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Many Gram-negative bacteria use a type VI secretion system (T6SS) for microbial warfare and/or host manipulation. Acinetobacter baumannii is an important nosocomial pathogen and many A. baumannii strains utilize a T6SS to deliver toxic effector proteins to surrounding bacterial cells. These toxic effectors are usually delivered together with VgrG proteins, which form part of the T6SS tip complex. All previously identified A. baumannii T6SS effectors are encoded within a three- or four-gene locus that also encodes a cognate VgrG and immunity protein, and sometimes a chaperone. In order to characterize the diversity and distribution of T6SS effectors and immunity proteins in this species, we first identified all vgrG genes in 97 A. baumannii strains via the presence of the highly conserved VgrG domain. Most strains encoded between two and four different VgrG proteins. We then analyzed the regions downstream of the identified vgrG genes and identified more than 240 putative effectors. The presence of conserved domains in these effectors suggested a range of functions, including peptidoglycan hydrolases, lipases, nucleases, and nucleic acid deaminases. However, 10 of the effector groups had no functionally characterized domains. Phylogenetic analysis of these putative effectors revealed that they clustered into 32 distinct groups that appear to have been acquired from a diverse set of ancestors. Corresponding immunity proteins were identified for all but two of the effector groups. Effectors from eight of the 32 groups contained N-terminal rearrangement hotspot (RHS) domains. The C-terminal regions of these RHS proteins, which are predicted to confer the toxic effector function, were very diverse, but the N-terminal RHS domains clustered into just two groups. While the majority of A. baumannii strains contained an RHS type effector, no strains encoded two RHS effectors with similar N-terminal sequences, suggesting that the presence of similar N-terminal RHS domains leads to competitive exclusion. Together, these analyses define the extreme diversity of T6SS effectors within A. baumannii and, as many have unknown functions, future detailed characterization of these effectors may lead to the identification of proteins with novel antibacterial properties.
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- Jessica M Lewis
- Infection and Immunity Program, Department of Microbiology, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia
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- Infection and Immunity Program, Department of Microbiology, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia
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- Infection and Immunity Program, Department of Microbiology, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia
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- Infection and Immunity Program, Department of Microbiology, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia
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Ludueña LM, Anzuay MS, Angelini JG, McIntosh M, Becker A, Rupp O, Goesmann A, Blom J, Fabra A, Taurian T. Genome sequence of the endophytic strain Enterobacter sp. J49, a potential biofertilizer for peanut and maize. Genomics 2019; 111:913-920. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2018.05.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2018] [Revised: 05/21/2018] [Accepted: 05/25/2018] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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Barbosa VAA, Lery LMS. Insights into Klebsiella pneumoniae type VI secretion system transcriptional regulation. BMC Genomics 2019; 20:506. [PMID: 31215404 PMCID: PMC6580597 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-019-5885-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2019] [Accepted: 06/05/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Background Klebsiella pneumoniae (KP) is an opportunistic pathogen that mainly causes respiratory and urinary tract infections. The frequent occurrence of simultaneously virulent and multiple drug-resistant isolates led WHO to include this species in the list of top priorities for research and development of therapeutic alternatives. The comprehensive knowledge of the molecular mechanisms underlying KP virulence may lead to the proposal of more efficient and specific drugs. One of its virulence factors is the Type VI Secretion System (T6SS), which contributes to bacterial competition, cell invasion and in vivo colonisation. Despite the few studies showing the involvement of T6SS in KP pathogenesis, little is known concerning the regulation of its expression. The understanding of regulatory mechanisms may give more clues about the function of the system and the possibilities of future interference in this process. This work aimed to standardise the annotation of T6SS genes in KP strains and identify mechanisms of their transcriptional regulation through computational predictions. Results We analyzed the genomes of Kp52.145, HS11286 and NTUH-K2044 strains to perform a broad prediction and re-annotation of T6SS genes through similarity searches, comparative and linear discriminant analysis. 38 genes were found in Kp52.145, while 29 in HS11286 and 30 in NTUH-K2044. Genes coding for iron uptake systems are encoded in adjacencies of T6SS, suggesting that KP T6SS might also play a role in ion import. Some of the T6SS genes are comprised in syntenic regions. 17 sigma 70-dependent promoter regions were identified in Kp52.145, 12 in HS11286 and 12 in NTUH-K2044. Using VirtualFootprint algorithm, binding sites for 13 transcriptional regulators were found in Kp52.145 and 9 in HS11286 and 17 in NTUH-K2044. Six of them are common to the 3 strains: OxyR, H-NS, RcsAB, GcvA, Fis, and OmpR. Conclusions The data presented herein are derived from computational analysis. Although future experimental studies are required to confirm those predictions, they suggest that KP T6SS might be regulated in response to environmental signals that are indeed sensed by the bacteria inside the human host: temperature (H-NS), nutrition-limitation (GcvA and Fis), oxidative stress (OxyR) and osmolarity (RscAB and OmpR). Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12864-019-5885-9) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Victor Augusto Araújo Barbosa
- Cellular Microbiology Laboratory, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation - Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Av. Brasil, 4365 - Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, CEP: 21040-900, Brazil
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- Cellular Microbiology Laboratory, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation - Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Av. Brasil, 4365 - Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, CEP: 21040-900, Brazil.
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Alex A, Antunes A. Whole-Genome Comparisons Among the Genus Shewanella Reveal the Enrichment of Genes Encoding Ankyrin-Repeats Containing Proteins in Sponge-Associated Bacteria. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:5. [PMID: 30787909 PMCID: PMC6372511 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.00005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2018] [Accepted: 01/07/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The bacterial members of the genus Shewanella are widely distributed and inhabit both freshwater and marine environments. Some members of Shewanella have gained considerable attention due to its ability to survive in redox-stratified environments. However, a gap of knowledge exists on the key genomic features of the sponge-associated Shewanella sp. involving the successful host-bacteria interaction, as sponge-symbiotic Shewanella are largely underrepresented in the public repositories. With the aim of identifying the genomic signatures of sponge-Shewanella association, we generated a high-quality genome data of a sponge-associated, Shewanella sp. OPT22, isolated from the intertidal marine sponge Ophlitaspongia papilla and performed comprehensive comparative analyses of 68 genome strains of the genus Shewanella including two previously reported genomes of sponge-associated bacteria, Shewanella spongiae KCTC 22492 and Shewanella sp. Alg231_23. The 16S rRNA-based phylogenetic reconstruction showed the well-supported affiliation of OPT22 and KCTC 22492 with previously reported sponge-associated bacteria, affirming the “sponge-specific” nature of these two bacterial strains isolated from different marine sponge species from the Atlantic and Pacific (East Sea) Oceans, respectively. The genome comparison of the 68 strains of Shewanella inhabiting different habitats revealed the unusual/previously unreported abundance of genes encoding for ankyrin-repeat containing proteins (ANKs) in the genomes of the two sponge-associated strains, OPT22 (ANKs; n = 45) and KCTC 22492 (ANKs; n = 52), which might be involved in sponge-Shewanella interactions. Focused analyses detected the syntenic organization of the gene cluster encoding major secretion system (type III/IV/VI) components and the presence of effector homologs in OPT22 and KCTC 22492 that seem to play a role in the virulence of the sponge bacteria. The genomic island (GI) of Shewanella sp. OPT22 was identified to localize a gene cluster encoding T4SS components and ANK (n = 1), whereas S. spongiae KCTC 22492 harbored a total of seven ANKs within multiple GIs. GIs may play a pivotal role in the dissemination of symbioses-related genes (ANKs) through the horizontal gene transfer, contributing to the diversification and adaptation of sponge-associated Shewanella. Overall, the genome analyses of Shewanella isolates from marine sponges revealed genomic repertoires that might be involved in establishing successful symbiotic relationships with the sponge hosts.
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- Anoop Alex
- CIIMAR/CIMAR, Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.,Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- CIIMAR/CIMAR, Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.,Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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Chien CC, Chou MY, Chen CY, Shih MC. Analysis of genetic diversity of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae populations in Taiwan. Sci Rep 2019; 9:316. [PMID: 30670790 PMCID: PMC6342995 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-36575-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2018] [Accepted: 11/25/2018] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Rice bacterial blight caused by Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo) is a major rice disease. In Taiwan, the tropical indica type of Oryza sativa originally grown in this area is mix-cultivated with the temperate japonica type of O. sativa, and this might have led to adaptive changes of both rice host and Xoo isolates. In order to better understand how Xoo adapts to this unique environment, we collected and analyzed fifty-one Xoo isolates in Taiwan. Three different genetic marker systems consistently identified five groups. Among these groups, two of them had unique sequences in the last acquired ten spacers in the clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) region, and the other two had sequences that were similar to the Japanese isolate MAFF311018 and the Philippines isolate PXO563, respectively. The genomes of two Taiwanese isolates with unique CRISPR sequence features, XF89b and XM9, were further completely sequenced. Comparison of the genome sequences suggested that XF89b is phylogenetically close to MAFF311018, and XM9 is close to PXO563. Here, documentation of the diversity of groups of Xoo in Taiwan provides evidence of the populations from different sources and hitherto missing information regarding distribution of Xoo populations in East Asia.
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- Chih-Cheng Chien
- Molecular and Biological Agricultural Sciences Program, Taiwan International Graduate Program, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 115, Taiwan
- Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 115, Taiwan
- Graduate Institute of Biotechnology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, 402, Taiwan
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- Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 115, Taiwan
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- Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 115, Taiwan
- Bioinformatics Program, Taiwan International Graduate Program, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 115, Taiwan
- Institute of Biomedical Informatics, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Molecular and Biological Agricultural Sciences Program, Taiwan International Graduate Program, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 115, Taiwan.
- Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 115, Taiwan.
- Graduate Institute of Biotechnology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, 402, Taiwan.
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Palmer M, Steenkamp ET, Coetzee MPA, Avontuur JR, Chan WY, van Zyl E, Blom J, Venter SN. Mixta gen. nov., a new genus in the Erwiniaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1396-1407. [DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.002540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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- Marike Palmer
- Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
- DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in Tree Health Biotechnology (CTHB) and Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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- Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
- DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in Tree Health Biotechnology (CTHB) and Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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- DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in Tree Health Biotechnology (CTHB) and Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
- Department of Genetics, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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- Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
- DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in Tree Health Biotechnology (CTHB) and Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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- Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
- DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in Tree Health Biotechnology (CTHB) and Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
- Biotechnology Platform (BTP), Agricultural Research Council Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute (ARC-OVI), Onderstepoort, South Africa
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- Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
- DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in Tree Health Biotechnology (CTHB) and Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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- Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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- DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in Tree Health Biotechnology (CTHB) and Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
- Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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Sibanda S, Kwenda S, Tanui CK, Shyntum DY, Coutinho TA, Moleleki LN. Transcriptome Profiling Reveals the EanI/R Quorum Sensing Regulon in Pantoea Ananatis LMG 2665 T. Genes (Basel) 2018; 9:E148. [PMID: 29518982 PMCID: PMC5867869 DOI: 10.3390/genes9030148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2018] [Revised: 02/26/2018] [Accepted: 03/01/2018] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Pantoea ananatis LMG 2665T synthesizes and utilizes acyl homoserine lactones (AHLs) for signalling. The complete set of genes regulated by the EanI/R quorum sensing (QS) system in this strain is still not fully known. In this study, RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq) was used to identify the EanI/R regulon in LMG 2665T. Pairwise comparisons of LMG 2665T in the absence of AHLs (Optical density (OD)600 = 0.2) and in the presence of AHLs (OD600 = 0.5) were performed. Additionally, pairwise comparisons of LMG 2665T and its QS mutant at OD600 = 0.5 were undertaken. In total, 608 genes were differentially expressed between LMG 2665T at OD600 = 0.5 versus the same strain at OD600 = 0.2 and 701 genes were differentially expressed between LMG 2665T versus its QS mutant at OD600 = 0.5. A total of 196 genes were commonly differentially expressed between the two approaches. These constituted approximately 4.5% of the whole transcriptome under the experimental conditions used in this study. The RNA-seq data was validated by reverse transcriptase quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR). Genes found to be regulated by EanI/R QS were those coding for redox sensing, metabolism, flagella formation, flagella dependent motility, cell adhesion, biofilm formation, regulators, transport, chemotaxis, methyl accepting proteins, membrane proteins, cell wall synthesis, stress response and a large number of hypothetical proteins. The results of this study give insight into the genes that are regulated by the EanI/R system in LMG 2665T. Functional characterization of the QS regulated genes in LMG 2665T could assist in the formulation of control strategies for this plant pathogen.
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- Siphathele Sibanda
- Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of Pretoria, 0002 Pretoria, South Africa.
- Centre for Microbial Ecology and Genomics (CMEG), Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of Pretoria, 0002 Pretoria, South Africa.
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- Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of Pretoria, 0002 Pretoria, South Africa.
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- Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of Pretoria, 0002 Pretoria, South Africa.
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- Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of Pretoria, 0002 Pretoria, South Africa.
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- Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of Pretoria, 0002 Pretoria, South Africa.
- Centre for Microbial Ecology and Genomics (CMEG), Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of Pretoria, 0002 Pretoria, South Africa.
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- Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of Pretoria, 0002 Pretoria, South Africa.
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Weller‐Stuart T, De Maayer P, Coutinho T. Pantoea ananatis: genomic insights into a versatile pathogen. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2017; 18:1191-1198. [PMID: 27880983 PMCID: PMC6638271 DOI: 10.1111/mpp.12517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Pantoea ananatis, a bacterium that is well known for its phytopathogenic characteristics, has been isolated from a myriad of ecological niches and hosts. Infection of agronomic crops, such as maize and rice, can result in substantial economic losses. In the last few years, much of the research performed on P. ananatis has been based on the sequencing and analysis of the genomes of strains isolated from different environments and with different lifestyles. In this review, we summarize the advances made in terms of pathogenicity determinants of phytopathogenic strains of P. ananatis and how this bacterium is able to adapt and survive in such a wide variety of habitats. The diversity and adaptability of P. ananatis can largely be attributed to the plasticity of its genome and the integration of mobile genetic elements on both the chromosome and plasmid. Furthermore, we discuss the recent interest in this species in various biotechnological applications. TAXONOMY Domain Bacteria; Class Gammaproteobacteria; Family Enterobacteriaceae; genus Pantoea; species ananatis. DISEASE SYMPTOMS Pantoea ananatis causes disease on a wide range of plants, and symptoms can range from dieback and stunted growth in Eucalyptus seedlings to chlorosis and bulb rotting in onions. DISEASE CONTROL Currently, the only methods of control of P. ananatis on most plant hosts are the use of resistant clones and cultivars or the eradication of infected plant material. The use of lytic bacteriophages on certain host plants, such as rice, has also achieved a measure of success.
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- Tania Weller‐Stuart
- Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), Department of MicrobiologyUniversity of PretoriaPretoria0002South Africa
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- School of Molecular and Cell BiologyUniversity of the WitwatersrandJohannesburg2050South Africa
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- Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), Department of MicrobiologyUniversity of PretoriaPretoria0002South Africa
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Andrés-Barrao C, Lafi FF, Alam I, de Zélicourt A, Eida AA, Bokhari A, Alzubaidy H, Bajic VB, Hirt H, Saad MM. Complete Genome Sequence Analysis of Enterobacter sp. SA187, a Plant Multi-Stress Tolerance Promoting Endophytic Bacterium. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:2023. [PMID: 29163376 PMCID: PMC5664417 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.02023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2017] [Accepted: 10/04/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Enterobacter sp. SA187 is an endophytic bacterium that has been isolated from root nodules of the indigenous desert plant Indigofera argentea. SA187 could survive in the rhizosphere as well as in association with different plant species, and was able to provide abiotic stress tolerance to Arabidopsis thaliana. The genome sequence of SA187 was obtained by using Pacific BioScience (PacBio) single-molecule sequencing technology, with average coverage of 275X. The genome of SA187 consists of one single 4,429,597 bp chromosome, with an average 56% GC content and 4,347 predicted protein coding DNA sequences (CDS), 153 ncRNA, 7 rRNA, and 84 tRNA. Functional analysis of the SA187 genome revealed a large number of genes involved in uptake and exchange of nutrients, chemotaxis, mobilization and plant colonization. A high number of genes were also found to be involved in survival, defense against oxidative stress and production of antimicrobial compounds and toxins. Moreover, different metabolic pathways were identified that potentially contribute to plant growth promotion. The information encoded in the genome of SA187 reveals the characteristics of a dualistic lifestyle of a bacterium that can adapt to different environments and promote the growth of plants. This information provides a better understanding of the mechanisms involved in plant-microbe interaction and could be further exploited to develop SA187 as a biological agent to improve agricultural practices in marginal and arid lands.
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- Cristina Andrés-Barrao
- Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia.,Computational Bioscience Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- Computational Bioscience Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- Computational Bioscience Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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Lien YW, Lai EM. Type VI Secretion Effectors: Methodologies and Biology. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2017; 7:254. [PMID: 28664151 PMCID: PMC5471719 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2017.00254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2017] [Accepted: 05/31/2017] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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The type VI secretion system (T6SS) is a nanomachine deployed by many Gram-negative bacteria as a weapon against eukaryotic hosts or prokaryotic competitors. It assembles into a bacteriophage tail-like structure that can transport effector proteins into the environment or target cells for competitive survival or pathogenesis. T6SS effectors have been identified by a variety of approaches, including knowledge/hypothesis-dependent and discovery-driven approaches. Here, we review and discuss the methods that have been used to identify T6SS effectors and the biological and biochemical functions of known effectors. On the basis of the nature and transport mechanisms of T6SS effectors, we further propose potential strategies that may be applicable to identify new T6SS effectors.
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- Yun-Wei Lien
- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia SinicaTaipei, Taiwan.,Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, National Taiwan UniversityTaipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia SinicaTaipei, Taiwan.,Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, National Taiwan UniversityTaipei, Taiwan
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Weller‐Stuart T, Toth I, De Maayer P, Coutinho T. Swimming and twitching motility are essential for attachment and virulence of Pantoea ananatis in onion seedlings. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2017; 18:734-745. [PMID: 27226224 PMCID: PMC6638301 DOI: 10.1111/mpp.12432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2016] [Revised: 05/23/2016] [Accepted: 05/24/2016] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Pantoea ananatis is a widespread phytopathogen with a broad host range. Despite its ability to infect economically important crops, such as maize, rice and onion, relatively little is known about how this bacterium infects and colonizes host tissue or spreads within and between hosts. To study the role of motility in pathogenicity, we analysed both swimming and twitching motility in P. ananatis LMG 20103. Genetic recombineering was used to construct four mutants affected in motility. Two flagellar mutants were disrupted in the flgK and motA genes, required for flagellar assembly and flagellar rotation, respectively. Similarly, two twitching motility mutants were generated, impaired in the structure (pilA) and functioning (pilT) of the type IV pili. The role of swimming and twitching motility during the infection cycle of P. ananatis in onion seedlings was determined by comparing the mutant- and wild-type strains using several in vitro and in planta assays. From the results obtained, it was evident that flagella aid P. ananatis in locating and attaching to onion leaf surfaces, as well as in pathogenicity, whereas twitching motility is instrumental in the spread of the bacteria on the surface once attachment has occurred. Both swimming and twitching motility contribute towards the ability of P. ananatis to cause disease in onions.
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- Tania Weller‐Stuart
- Department of Microbiology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI)University of PretoriaPretoria0002 South Africa
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- Department of Microbiology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI)University of PretoriaPretoria0002 South Africa
- Cell and Molecular SciencesThe James Hutton InstituteDundeeDD2 5DA UK
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- Department of Microbiology, Centre of Microbial Ecology and Genomics (CMEG)University of PretoriaPretoria0002 South Africa
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- Department of Microbiology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI)University of PretoriaPretoria0002 South Africa
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McMullen JG, McQuade R, Ogier JC, Pagès S, Gaudriault S, Patricia Stock S. Variable virulence phenotype of Xenorhabdus bovienii (γ-Proteobacteria: Enterobacteriaceae) in the absence of their vector hosts. MICROBIOLOGY-SGM 2017; 163:510-522. [PMID: 28430102 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.000449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Xenorhabdus bovienii bacteria have a dual lifestyle: they are mutualistic symbionts to many species of Steinernema nematodes and are pathogens to a wide array of insects. Previous studies have shown that virulence of X.bovienii-Steinernema spp. pairs decreases when the nematodes associate with non-cognate bacterial strains. However, the virulence of the X. bovienii strains alone has not been fully investigated. In this study, we characterized the virulence of nine X. bovienii strains in Galleria mellonella and Spodoptera littoralis and performed a comparative genomic analysis to correlate observed phenotypes with strain genotypes. Two X. bovienii strains were found to be highly virulent against the tested insect hosts, while three strains displayed attenuated insect virulence. Comparative genomic analyses revealed the presence of several clusters present only in virulent strains, including a predicted type VI secretion system (T6SS). We performed intra-species-competition assays, and showed that the virulent T6SS+ strains generally outcompeted the less virulent T6SS- strains. Thus, we speculate that the T6SS in X. bovienii may be another addition to the arsenal of antibacterial mechanisms expressed by these bacteria in an insect, where it could potentially play three key roles: (1) competition against the insect host microbiota; (2) protection of the insect cadaver from necrotrophic microbial competitors; and (3) outcompeting other Xenorhabdus species and/or strains when co-infections occur.
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- John G McMullen
- School of Animal and Comparative Biomedical Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Postdoctoral Excellence in Research and Teaching (PERT) Fellow, Center for Insect Science, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- DGIMI, INRA, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Department of Entomology, University of Arizona, Forbes Bldg. Room 410, 1140 E. South Campus Dr, Tucson, AZ, 85750, USA.,School of Animal and Comparative Biomedical Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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A Novel Glycolipid Biosurfactant Confers Grazing Resistance upon Pantoea ananatis BRT175 against the Social Amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum. mSphere 2016; 1:mSphere00075-15. [PMID: 27303689 PMCID: PMC4863597 DOI: 10.1128/msphere.00075-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2015] [Accepted: 12/01/2015] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Pantoea is a versatile genus of bacteria with both plant- and animal-pathogenic strains, some of which have been suggested to cause human infections. There is, however, limited knowledge on the potential determinants used for host association and pathogenesis in animal systems. In this study, we used the model host Dictyostelium discoideum to show that isolates of Pantoea ananatis exhibit differential grazing susceptibility, with some being resistant to grazing by the amoebae. We carried out a high-throughput genetic screen of one grazing-resistant isolate, P. ananatis BRT175, using the D. discoideum pathosystem to identify genes responsible for the resistance phenotype. Among the 26 candidate genes involved in grazing resistance, we identified rhlA and rhlB, which we show are involved in the biosynthesis of a biosurfactant that enables swarming motility in P. ananatis BRT175. Using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS), the biosurfactant was shown to be a glycolipid with monohexose-C10-C10 as the primary congener. We show that this novel glycolipid biosurfactant is cytotoxic to the amoebae and is capable of compromising cellular integrity, leading to cell lysis. The production of this biosurfactant may be important for bacterial survival in the environment and could contribute to the establishment of opportunistic infections. IMPORTANCE The genetic factors used for host interaction by the opportunistic human pathogen Pantoea ananatis are largely unknown. We identified two genes that are important for the production of a biosurfactant that confers grazing resistance against the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum. We show that the biosurfactant, which exhibits cytotoxicity toward the amoebae, is a glycolipid that incorporates a hexose rather than rhamnose. The production of this biosurfactant may confer a competitive advantage in the environment and could potentially contribute to the establishment of opportunistic infections.
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Sheibani-Tezerji R, Naveed M, Jehl MA, Sessitsch A, Rattei T, Mitter B. The genomes of closely related Pantoea ananatis maize seed endophytes having different effects on the host plant differ in secretion system genes and mobile genetic elements. Front Microbiol 2015; 6:440. [PMID: 26029184 PMCID: PMC4428218 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2015] [Accepted: 04/23/2015] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The seed as a habitat for microorganisms is as yet under-explored and has quite distinct characteristics as compared to other vegetative plant tissues. In this study, we investigated three closely related P. ananatis strains (named S6, S7, and S8), which were isolated from maize seeds of healthy plants. Plant inoculation experiments revealed that each of these strains exhibited a different phenotype ranging from weak pathogenic (S7), commensal (S8), to a beneficial, growth-promoting effect (S6) in maize. We performed a comparative genomics analysis in order to find genetic determinants responsible for the differences observed. Recent studies provided exciting insight into the genetic drivers of niche adaption and functional diversification of the genus Pantoea. However, we report here for the first time on the analysis of P. ananatis strains colonizing the same ecological niche but showing distinct interaction strategies with the host plant. Our comparative analysis revealed that genomes of these three strains are highly similar. However, genomic differences in genes encoding protein secretion systems and putative effectors, and transposase/integrases/phage related genes could be observed.
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- Raheleh Sheibani-Tezerji
- Bioresources Unit, Health and Environment Department, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbHTulln, Austria
- Division of Computational System Biology, Department of Microbiology and Ecosystem Science, University of ViennaVienna, Austria
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- Bioresources Unit, Health and Environment Department, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbHTulln, Austria
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- Division of Computational System Biology, Department of Microbiology and Ecosystem Science, University of ViennaVienna, Austria
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- Bioresources Unit, Health and Environment Department, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbHTulln, Austria
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- Division of Computational System Biology, Department of Microbiology and Ecosystem Science, University of ViennaVienna, Austria
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- Bioresources Unit, Health and Environment Department, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbHTulln, Austria
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Li P, Kwok AHY, Jiang J, Ran T, Xu D, Wang W, Leung FC. Comparative genome analyses of Serratia marcescens FS14 reveals its high antagonistic potential. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0123061. [PMID: 25856195 PMCID: PMC4391916 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0123061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2014] [Accepted: 02/16/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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S. marcescens FS14 was isolated from an Atractylodes macrocephala Koidz plant that was infected by Fusarium oxysporum and showed symptoms of root rot. With the completion of the genome sequence of FS14, the first comprehensive comparative-genomic analysis of the Serratia genus was performed. Pan-genome and COG analyses showed that the majority of the conserved core genes are involved in basic cellular functions, while genomic factors such as prophages contribute considerably to genome diversity. Additionally, a Type I restriction-modification system, a Type III secretion system and tellurium resistance genes are found in only some Serratia species. Comparative analysis further identified that S. marcescens FS14 possesses multiple mechanisms for antagonism against other microorganisms, including the production of prodigiosin, bacteriocins, and multi-antibiotic resistant determinants as well as chitinases. The presence of two evolutionarily distinct Type VI secretion systems (T6SSs) in FS14 may provide further competitive advantages for FS14 against other microbes. To our knowledge, this is the first report of comparative analysis on T6SSs in the genus, which identifies four types of T6SSs in Serratia spp.. Competition bioassays of FS14 against the vital plant pathogenic bacterium Ralstonia solanacearum and fungi Fusarium oxysporum and Sclerotinia sclerotiorum were performed to support our genomic analyses, in which FS14 demonstrated high antagonistic activities against both bacterial and fungal phytopathogens.
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- Pengpeng Li
- Bioinformatics Center, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Bioinformatics Center, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Bioinformatics Center, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administration Region, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Bioinformatics Center, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administration Region, China
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Shyntum DY, Theron J, Venter SN, Moleleki LN, Toth IK, Coutinho TA. Pantoea ananatis Utilizes a Type VI Secretion System for Pathogenesis and Bacterial Competition. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2015; 28:420-431. [PMID: 25411959 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-07-14-0219-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
Abstract
Type VI secretion systems (T6SSs) are a class of macromolecular machines that are recognized as an important virulence mechanism in several gram-negative bacteria. The genome of Pantoea ananatis LMG 2665(T), a pathogen of pineapple fruit and onion plants, carries two gene clusters whose predicted products have homology with T6SS-associated gene products from other bacteria. Nothing is known regarding the role of these T6SS-1 and T6SS-3 gene clusters in the biology of P. ananatis. Here, we present evidence that T6SS-1 plays an important role in the pathogenicity of P. ananatis LMG 2665(T) in onion plants, while a strain lacking T6SS-3 remains as pathogenic as the wild-type strain. We also investigated the role of the T6SS-1 system in bacterial competition, the results of which indicated that several bacteria compete less efficiently against wild-type LMG 2665(T) than a strain lacking T6SS-1. Additionally, we demonstrated that these phenotypes of strain LMG 2665(T) were reliant on the core T6SS products TssA and TssD (Hcp), thus indicating that the T6SS-1 gene cluster encodes a functioning T6SS. Collectively, our data provide the first evidence demonstrating that the T6SS-1 system is a virulence determinant of P. ananatis LMG 2665(T) and plays a role in bacterial competition.
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Affiliation(s)
- Divine Y Shyntum
- 1 Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, and
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