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Bartoš O, Klimešová B, Volfová K, Chmel M, Dresler J, Pajer P, Kabíčková H, Adamík P, Modrý D, Fučíková AM, Votýpka J. Two novel Bartonella (sub)species isolated from edible dormice ( Glis glis): hints of cultivation stress-induced genomic changes. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1289671. [PMID: 38033559 PMCID: PMC10684924 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1289671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2023] [Accepted: 10/23/2023] [Indexed: 12/02/2023] Open
Abstract
Bartonelloses are neglected emerging infectious diseases caused by facultatively intracellular bacteria transmitted between vertebrate hosts by various arthropod vectors. The highest diversity of Bartonella species has been identified in rodents. Within this study we focused on the edible dormouse (Glis glis), a rodent with unique life-history traits that often enters households and whose possible role in the epidemiology of Bartonella infections had been previously unknown. We identified and cultivated two distinct Bartonella sub(species) significantly diverging from previously described species, which were characterized using growth characteristics, biochemical tests, and various molecular techniques including also proteomics. Two novel (sub)species were described: Bartonella grahamii subsp. shimonis subsp. nov. and Bartonella gliris sp. nov. We sequenced two individual strains per each described (sub)species. During exploratory genomic analyses comparing two genotypes ultimately belonging to the same species, both factually and most importantly even spatiotemporally, we noticed unexpectedly significant structural variation between them. We found that most of the detected structural variants could be explained either by prophage excision or integration. Based on a detailed study of one such event, we argue that prophage deletion represents the most probable explanation of the observed phenomena. Moreover, in one strain of Bartonella grahamii subsp. shimonis subsp. nov. we identified a deletion related to Bartonella Adhesin A, a major pathogenicity factor that modulates bacteria-host interactions. Altogether, our results suggest that even a limited number of passages induced sufficient selective pressure to promote significant changes at the level of the genome.
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Affiliation(s)
- Oldřich Bartoš
- Military Health Institute, Military Medical Agency, Prague, Czechia
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- Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czechia
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- Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czechia
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- Military Health Institute, Military Medical Agency, Prague, Czechia
- Department of Infectious Diseases, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and Military University Hospital Prague, Prague, Czechia
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- Military Health Institute, Military Medical Agency, Prague, Czechia
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- Military Health Institute, Military Medical Agency, Prague, Czechia
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- Military Health Institute, Military Medical Agency, Prague, Czechia
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- Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czechia
- Museum of Natural History, Olomouc, Czechia
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- Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences, České Budějovice, Czechia
- Department of Botany and Zoology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia
- Department of Veterinary Sciences/CINeZ, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czechia
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- Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czechia
- Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences, České Budějovice, Czechia
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Adamík P, Poledník L, Poledníková K, Romportl D. Mapping an elusive arboreal rodent: Combining nocturnal acoustic surveys and citizen science data extends the known distribution of the edible dormouse (Glis glis) in the Czech Republic. Mamm Biol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2019.09.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Michaux JR, Hürner H, Krystufek B, Sarà M, Ribas A, Ruch T, Vekhnik V, Renaud S. Genetic structure of a European forest species, the edible dormouse ( Glis glis): a consequence of past anthropogenic forest fragmentation? Biol J Linn Soc Lond 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/bly176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- J R Michaux
- Conservation Genetics Laboratory, Institut de Botanique, Chemin de la Vallée, Liège, Belgium
- CIRAD/INRA UMR117 ASTRE, Campus International de Baillarguet, Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- Conservation Genetics Laboratory, Institut de Botanique, Chemin de la Vallée, Liège, Belgium
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- Slovenian Museum of Natural History, Presernova, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Dipartimento STEBICEF, Via Archirafi, Palermo, Italy
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- Museu de Granollers-Ciències Naturals C/Francesc Macià, Granollers, Spain
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- Institute for Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Johann Wolfgang-Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Zhiguli State Nature Reserve, Bakhilova Polyana Village, Samara Oblast, Russia
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- Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive, UMR 5558, Université Lyon, CNRS, Villeurbanne, France
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Holcová-Gazárková A, Kryštufek B, Adamík P. Anomalous coat colour in the fat dormouse (Glis glis): a review with new records. MAMMALIA 2017. [DOI: 10.1515/mammalia-2016-0122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
Abstract
AbstractWe reviewed the available records on aberrantly coloured fat dormice
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