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Quail MA, Corton C, Uphill J, Keane J, Gu Y. Identifying the best PCR enzyme for library amplification in NGS. Microb Genom 2024; 10. [PMID: 38578268 DOI: 10.1099/mgen.0.001228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/06/2024] Open
Abstract
Background. PCR amplification is a necessary step in many next-generation sequencing (NGS) library preparation methods [1, 2]. Whilst many PCR enzymes are developed to amplify single targets efficiently, accurately and with specificity, few are developed to meet the challenges imposed by NGS PCR, namely unbiased amplification of a wide range of different sizes and GC content. As a result PCR amplification during NGS library prep often results in bias toward GC neutral and smaller fragments. As NGS has matured, optimized NGS library prep kits and polymerase formulations have emerged and in this study we have tested a wide selection of available enzymes for both short-read Illumina library preparation and long fragment amplification ahead of long-read sequencing.We tested over 20 different hi-fidelity PCR enzymes/NGS amplification mixes on a range of Illumina library templates of varying GC content and composition, and find that both yield and genome coverage uniformity characteristics of the commercially available enzymes varied dramatically. Three enzymes Quantabio RepliQa Hifi Toughmix, Watchmaker Library Amplification Hot Start Master Mix (2X) 'Equinox' and Takara Ex Premier were found to give a consistent performance, over all genomes, that mirrored closely that observed for PCR-free datasets. We also test a range of enzymes for long-read sequencing by amplifying size fractionated S. cerevisiae DNA of average size 21.6 and 13.4 kb, respectively.The enzymes of choice for short-read (Illumina) library fragment amplification are Quantabio RepliQa Hifi Toughmix, Watchmaker Library Amplification Hot Start Master Mix (2X) 'Equinox' and Takara Ex Premier, with RepliQa also being the best performing enzyme from the enzymes tested for long fragment amplification prior to long-read sequencing.
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambs., CB10 1SA, UK
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambs., CB10 1SA, UK
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- Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, Cambs., CB2 1TN, UK
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambs., CB10 1SA, UK
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Aunin E, Böhme U, Blake D, Dove A, Smith M, Corton C, Oliver K, Betteridge E, Quail MA, McCarthy SA, Wood J, Tracey A, Torrance J, Sims Y, Howe K, Challis R, Berriman M, Reid A. The complete genome sequence of Eimeria tenella (Tyzzer 1929), a common gut parasite of chickens. Wellcome Open Res 2021; 6:225. [PMID: 34703904 PMCID: PMC8515493 DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.17100.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We present a genome assembly from a clonal population of Eimeria tenella Houghton parasites (Apicomplexa; Conoidasida; Eucoccidiorida; Eimeriidae). The genome sequence is 53.25 megabases in span. The entire assembly is scaffolded into 15 chromosomal pseudomolecules, with complete mitochondrion and apicoplast organellar genomes also present.
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- Eerik Aunin
- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Royal Veterinary College, Hatfield, AL9 7TA, UK
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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Mead D, Ogden R, Meredith A, Peniche G, Smith M, Corton C, Oliver K, Skelton J, Betteridge E, Doulcan J, Holmes N, Wright V, Loose M, Quail MA, McCarthy SA, Howe K, Chow W, Torrance J, Collins J, Challis R, Durbin R, Blaxter M. The genome sequence of the European golden eagle, Aquila chrysaetos chrysaetos Linnaeus 1758. Wellcome Open Res 2021; 6:112. [PMID: 34671705 PMCID: PMC8499043 DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16631.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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We present a genome assembly from an individual female
Aquila chrysaetos chrysaetos (the European golden eagle; Chordata; Aves; Accipitridae). The genome sequence is 1.23 gigabases in span. The majority of the assembly is scaffolded into 28 chromosomal pseudomolecules, including the W and Z sex chromosomes.
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- Dan Mead
- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK.,Owlstone Medical, Cambridge Science Park, Cambridge, CB4 0GJ, UK
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- Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Sciences and Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, Midlothian, EH25 9RG, UK
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- Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Sciences and Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, Midlothian, EH25 9RG, UK.,Melbourne Veterinary School, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3010, Australia
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- Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Sciences and Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, Midlothian, EH25 9RG, UK
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK.,Achilles Therapeutics plc, London, W6 8PW, UK
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- Deep Seq, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2UH, UK
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- Deep Seq, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2UH, UK
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK.,Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 3EH, UK
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK.,Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 3EH, UK
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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Hansen T, Fjelldal PG, Lien S, Smith M, Corton C, Oliver K, Skelton J, Betteridge E, Doulcan J, Fedrigo O, Mountcastle J, Jarvis E, McCarthy SA, Chow W, Howe K, Torrance J, Wood J, Sims Y, Haggerty L, Challis R, Threlfall J, Mead D, Durbin R, Blaxter M. The genome sequence of the brown trout, Salmo trutta Linnaeus 1758. Wellcome Open Res 2021; 6:108. [PMID: 34632087 PMCID: PMC8488904 DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16838.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We present a genome assembly from an individual female Salmo trutta (the brown trout; Chordata; Actinopteri; Salmoniformes; Salmonidae). The genome sequence is 2.37 gigabases in span. The majority of the assembly is scaffolded into 40 chromosomal pseudomolecules. Gene annotation of this assembly on Ensembl has identified 43,935 protein coding genes.
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- Tom Hansen
- Institute of Marine Research (IMR), Matredal, Norway
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- Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, 1432, Norway
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK.,Achilles Therapeutics plc, London, W6 8PW, UK
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- The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, 10065, USA.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, Maryland, 20815, USA
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK.,Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 3EH, UK
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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- EMBL-EBI, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK.,Owlstone Medical, Cambridge Science Park, Cambridge, CB4 0GJ, UK
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK.,Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 3EH, UK
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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Dunn JC, Hamer KC, Morris AJ, Grice PV, Smith M, Corton C, Oliver K, Skelton J, Betteridge E, Dolucan J, Quail MA, McCarthy SA, Uliano-Silva M, Howe K, Torrance J, Chow W, Pelan S, Sims Y, Challis R, Threlfall J, Mead D, Blaxter M. The genome sequence of the European turtle dove, Streptopelia turtur Linnaeus 1758. Wellcome Open Res 2021. [DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.17060.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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We present a genome assembly from an individual female Streptopelia turtur (the European turtle dove; Chordata; Aves; Columbidae). The genome sequence is 1.18 gigabases in span. The majority of the assembly is scaffolded into 35 chromosomal pseudomolecules, with the W and Z sex chromosomes assembled.
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Dunn JC, Liedvogel M, Smith M, Corton C, Oliver K, Skelton J, Betteridge E, Dolucan J, Quail MA, Uliano-Silva M, McCarthy SA, Howe K, Torrance J, Wood J, Pelan S, Sims Y, Challis R, Threlfall J, Mead D, Blaxter M. The genome sequence of the European robin, Erithacus rubecula Linnaeus 1758. Wellcome Open Res 2021. [DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16988.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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We present a genome assembly from an individual female Erithacus rubecula (the European robin; Chordata; Aves; Passeriformes; Turdidae). The genome sequence is 1.09 gigabases in span. The majority of the assembly is scaffolded into 36 chromosomal pseudomolecules, with both W and Z sex chromosomes assembled.
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Mead D, Saccheri I, Yung CJ, Lohse K, Lohse C, Ashmole P, Smith M, Corton C, Oliver K, Skelton J, Betteridge E, Quail MA, Dolucan J, McCarthy SA, Howe K, Wood J, Torrance J, Tracey A, Whiteford S, Challis R, Durbin R, Blaxter M. The genome sequence of the ringlet, Aphantopus hyperantus Linnaeus 1758. Wellcome Open Res 2021. [DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16983.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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We present a genome assembly based on an individual female Aphantopus hyperantus, also known as Maniola hyperantus (the ringlet butterfly; Arthropoda; Insecta; Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae), scaffolded using data from a second, unrelated specimen. The genome sequence is 411 megabases in span. The majority of the assembly is scaffolded into 29 chromosomal pseudomolecules, including the Z sex chromosome.
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Carpenter AI, Smith M, Corton C, Oliver K, Skelton J, Betteridge E, Doulcan J, Quail MA, McCarthy SA, Uliano Da Silva M, Howe K, Torrance J, Wood J, Pelan S, Sims Y, Tricomi FF, Challis R, Threlfall J, Mead D, Blaxter M. The genome sequence of the European water vole, Arvicola amphibius Linnaeus 1758. Wellcome Open Res 2021; 6:162. [PMID: 35600244 PMCID: PMC9114827 DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16753.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We present a genome assembly from an individual male Arvicola amphibius (the European water vole; Chordata; Mammalia; Rodentia; Cricetidae). The genome sequence is 2.30 gigabases in span. The majority of the assembly is scaffolded into 18 chromosomal pseudomolecules, including the X sex chromosome. Gene annotation of this assembly on Ensembl has identified 21,394 protein coding genes.
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
- Achilles Therapeutics Plc, London, W6 8PW, UK
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
- Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 3EH, UK
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
- Owlstone Medical, Cambridge Science Park, Cambridge, CB4 0GJ, UK
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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Howe K, Dwinell M, Shimoyama M, Corton C, Betteridge E, Dove A, Quail MA, Smith M, Saba L, Williams RW, Chen H, Kwitek AE, McCarthy SA, Uliano-Silva M, Chow W, Tracey A, Torrance J, Sims Y, Challis R, Threlfall J, Blaxter M. The genome sequence of the Norway rat, Rattus norvegicus Berkenhout 1769. Wellcome Open Res 2021; 6:118. [PMID: 34660910 PMCID: PMC8495504 DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16854.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We present a genome assembly from an individual male Rattus norvegicus (the Norway rat; Chordata; Mammalia; Rodentia; Muridae). The genome sequence is 2.44 gigabases in span. The majority of the assembly is scaffolded into 20 chromosomal pseudomolecules, with both X and Y sex chromosomes assembled. This genome assembly, mRatBN7.2, represents the new reference genome for R. norvegicus and has been adopted by the Genome Reference Consortium.
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- Kerstin Howe
- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53226, USA
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- Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53226, USA
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences,, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Center, Aurora, Colorado, 80045, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Genomics and Informatics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, 38103, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Addiction Science, and Toxicology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, 38103, USA
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- Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53226, USA
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
- Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 3EH, UK
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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Vine C, Teeling EC, Smith M, Corton C, Oliver K, Skelton J, Betteridge E, Doulcan J, Quail MA, McCarthy SA, Howe K, Torrance J, Wood J, Pelan S, Sims Y, Challis R, Threlfall J, Mead D, Blaxter M. The genome sequence of the common pipistrelle, Pipistrellus pipistrellus Schreber 1774. Wellcome Open Res 2021. [DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16895.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We present a genome assembly from an individual female Pipistrellus pipistrellus (the common pipistrelle; Chordata; Mammalia; Chiroptera; Vespertilionidae). The genome sequence is 1.76 gigabases in span. The majority of the assembly is scaffolded into 21 chromosomal pseudomolecules, with the X sex chromosome assembled.
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Formenti G, Rhie A, Balacco J, Haase B, Mountcastle J, Fedrigo O, Brown S, Capodiferro MR, Al-Ajli FO, Ambrosini R, Houde P, Koren S, Oliver K, Smith M, Skelton J, Betteridge E, Dolucan J, Corton C, Bista I, Torrance J, Tracey A, Wood J, Uliano-Silva M, Howe K, McCarthy S, Winkler S, Kwak W, Korlach J, Fungtammasan A, Fordham D, Costa V, Mayes S, Chiara M, Horner DS, Myers E, Durbin R, Achilli A, Braun EL, Phillippy AM, Jarvis ED. Complete vertebrate mitogenomes reveal widespread repeats and gene duplications. Genome Biol 2021; 22:120. [PMID: 33910595 PMCID: PMC8082918 DOI: 10.1186/s13059-021-02336-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2020] [Accepted: 03/31/2021] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Modern sequencing technologies should make the assembly of the relatively small mitochondrial genomes an easy undertaking. However, few tools exist that address mitochondrial assembly directly. RESULTS As part of the Vertebrate Genomes Project (VGP) we develop mitoVGP, a fully automated pipeline for similarity-based identification of mitochondrial reads and de novo assembly of mitochondrial genomes that incorporates both long (> 10 kbp, PacBio or Nanopore) and short (100-300 bp, Illumina) reads. Our pipeline leads to successful complete mitogenome assemblies of 100 vertebrate species of the VGP. We observe that tissue type and library size selection have considerable impact on mitogenome sequencing and assembly. Comparing our assemblies to purportedly complete reference mitogenomes based on short-read sequencing, we identify errors, missing sequences, and incomplete genes in those references, particularly in repetitive regions. Our assemblies also identify novel gene region duplications. The presence of repeats and duplications in over half of the species herein assembled indicates that their occurrence is a principle of mitochondrial structure rather than an exception, shedding new light on mitochondrial genome evolution and organization. CONCLUSIONS Our results indicate that even in the "simple" case of vertebrate mitogenomes the completeness of many currently available reference sequences can be further improved, and caution should be exercised before claiming the complete assembly of a mitogenome, particularly from short reads alone.
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- Giulio Formenti
- The Vertebrate Genome Lab, Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.
- Laboratory of Neurogenetics of Language, Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.
- The Howards Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD, USA.
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- Genome Informatics Section, Computational and Statistical Genomics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- The Vertebrate Genome Lab, Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
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- The Vertebrate Genome Lab, Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
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- The Vertebrate Genome Lab, Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
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- Laboratory of Neurogenetics of Language, Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
- The Howards Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD, USA
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- Monash University Malaysia Genomics Facility, School of Science, Bandar Sunway, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
- Tropical Medicine and Biology Multidisciplinary Platform, Monash University Malaysia, Bandar Sunway, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
- Qatar Falcon Genome Project, Doha, State of Qatar
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- Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biology, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, USA
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- Genome Informatics Section, Computational and Statistical Genomics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge, UK
- Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge, UK
- Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology & Genetics, Dresden, Germany
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- Oxford Nanopore Technologies Ltd, Oxford Science Park, Oxford, UK
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- Oxford Nanopore Technologies Ltd, Oxford Science Park, Oxford, UK
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- Oxford Nanopore Technologies Ltd, Oxford Science Park, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Biosciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biosciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology & Genetics, Dresden, Germany
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge, UK
- Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Biology and Biotechnology "L. Spallanzani", University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Genome Informatics Section, Computational and Statistical Genomics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- The Vertebrate Genome Lab, Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.
- Laboratory of Neurogenetics of Language, Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.
- The Howards Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD, USA.
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Mead D, Fingland K, Cripps R, Portela Miguez R, Smith M, Corton C, Oliver K, Skelton J, Betteridge E, Doulcan J, Quail MA, McCarthy SA, Howe K, Sims Y, Torrance J, Tracey A, Challis R, Durbin R, Blaxter M. The genome sequence of the eastern grey squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis Gmelin, 1788. Wellcome Open Res 2020; 5:27. [PMID: 33215047 PMCID: PMC7653645 DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15721.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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We present a genome assembly from an individual male
Sciurus carolinensis (the eastern grey squirrel; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Eutheria; Rodentia; Sciuridae). The genome sequence is 2.82 gigabases in span. The majority of the assembly (92.3%) is scaffolded into 21 chromosomal-level scaffolds, with both X and Y sex chromosomes assembled.
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- Dan Mead
- Tree of Life, Wellcome Sanger Institute,Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Nottingham Trent University, School of Animal, Rural and Environmental Sciences, Nottingham, NG25 0QF, UK
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- Red Squirrel Officer, The Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester and North Merseyside, The Barn, Berkeley Drive, Bamber Bridge, Preston, PR5 6BY, UK
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- Tree of Life, Wellcome Sanger Institute,Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Tree of Life, Wellcome Sanger Institute,Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Tree of Life, Wellcome Sanger Institute,Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Tree of Life, Wellcome Sanger Institute,Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Tree of Life, Wellcome Sanger Institute,Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Tree of Life, Wellcome Sanger Institute,Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Tree of Life, Wellcome Sanger Institute,Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Tree of Life, Wellcome Sanger Institute,Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Tree of Life, Wellcome Sanger Institute,Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Tree of Life, Wellcome Sanger Institute,Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Tree of Life, Wellcome Sanger Institute,Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Tree of Life, Wellcome Sanger Institute,Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Tree of Life, Wellcome Sanger Institute,Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Tree of Life, Wellcome Sanger Institute,Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Tree of Life, Wellcome Sanger Institute,Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, CB10 1SA, UK
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Kenny NJ, McCarthy SA, Dudchenko O, James K, Betteridge E, Corton C, Dolucan J, Mead D, Oliver K, Omer AD, Pelan S, Ryan Y, Sims Y, Skelton J, Smith M, Torrance J, Weisz D, Wipat A, Aiden EL, Howe K, Williams ST. The gene-rich genome of the scallop Pecten maximus. Gigascience 2020; 9:giaa037. [PMID: 32352532 PMCID: PMC7191990 DOI: 10.1093/gigascience/giaa037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2020] [Revised: 02/26/2020] [Accepted: 03/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The king scallop, Pecten maximus, is distributed in shallow waters along the Atlantic coast of Europe. It forms the basis of a valuable commercial fishery and plays a key role in coastal ecosystems and food webs. Like other filter feeding bivalves it can accumulate potent phytotoxins, to which it has evolved some immunity. The molecular origins of this immunity are of interest to evolutionary biologists, pharmaceutical companies, and fisheries management. FINDINGS Here we report the genome assembly of this species, conducted as part of the Wellcome Sanger 25 Genomes Project. This genome was assembled from PacBio reads and scaffolded with 10X Chromium and Hi-C data. Its 3,983 scaffolds have an N50 of 44.8 Mb (longest scaffold 60.1 Mb), with 92% of the assembly sequence contained in 19 scaffolds, corresponding to the 19 chromosomes found in this species. The total assembly spans 918.3 Mb and is the best-scaffolded marine bivalve genome published to date, exhibiting 95.5% recovery of the metazoan BUSCO set. Gene annotation resulted in 67,741 gene models. Analysis of gene content revealed large numbers of gene duplicates, as previously seen in bivalves, with little gene loss, in comparison with the sequenced genomes of other marine bivalve species. CONCLUSIONS The genome assembly of P. maximus and its annotated gene set provide a high-quality platform for studies on such disparate topics as shell biomineralization, pigmentation, vision, and resistance to algal toxins. As a result of our findings we highlight the sodium channel gene Nav1, known to confer resistance to saxitoxin and tetrodotoxin, as a candidate for further studies investigating immunity to domoic acid.
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- Nathan J Kenny
- Natural History Museum, Department of Life Sciences,Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK
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- University of Cambridge, Department of Genetics,Cambridge CB2 3EH, UK
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- The Center for Genome Architecture, Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- The Center for Theoretical Biological Physics, Rice University, 6100 Main St, Houston, TX 77005-1827, USA
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- Natural History Museum, Department of Life Sciences,Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge CB10 1SA, UK
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge CB10 1SA, UK
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge CB10 1SA, UK
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge CB10 1SA, UK
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- The Center for Genome Architecture, Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge CB10 1SA, UK
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- School of Computing, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK
- Institute of Infection and Global Health, Liverpool University, iC2, 146 Brownlow Hill, Liverpool L3 5RF, UK
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge CB10 1SA, UK
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- The Center for Genome Architecture, Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- School of Computing, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK
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- The Center for Genome Architecture, Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- The Center for Theoretical Biological Physics, Rice University, 6100 Main St, Houston, TX 77005-1827, USA
- Shanghai Institute for Advanced Immunochemical Studies, Shanghai Tech University, Shanghai, China
- School of Agriculture and Environment, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge CB10 1SA, UK
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- Natural History Museum, Department of Life Sciences,Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK
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Nair S, Fookes M, Corton C, Thomson NR, Wain J, Langridge GC. Genetic Markers in S. Paratyphi C Reveal Primary Adaptation to Pigs. Microorganisms 2020; 8:microorganisms8050657. [PMID: 32365926 PMCID: PMC7285187 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms8050657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2020] [Revised: 04/24/2020] [Accepted: 04/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Salmonella enterica with the identical antigenic formula 6,7:c:1,5 can be differentiated biochemically and by disease syndrome. One grouping, Salmonella Paratyphi C, is currently considered a typhoidal serovar, responsible for enteric fever in humans. The human-restricted typhoidal serovars (S. Typhi and Paratyphi A, B and C) typically display high levels of genome degradation and are cited as an example of convergent evolution for host adaptation in humans. However, S. Paratyphi C presents a different clinical picture to S. Typhi/Paratyphi A, in a patient group with predisposition, raising the possibility that its natural history is different, and that infection is invasive salmonellosis rather than enteric fever. Using whole genome sequencing and metabolic pathway analysis, we compared the genomes of 17 S. Paratyphi C strains to other members of the 6,7:c:1,5 group and to two typhoidal serovars: S. Typhi and Paratyphi A. The genome degradation observed in S. Paratyphi C was much lower than S. Typhi/Paratyphi A, but similar to the other 6,7:c:1,5 strains. Genomic and metabolic comparisons revealed little to no overlap between S. Paratyphi C and the other typhoidal serovars, arguing against convergent evolution and instead providing evidence of a primary adaptation to pigs in accordance with the 6,7:c:1.5 strains.
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- Satheesh Nair
- Gastrointestinal Bacteria Reference Unit, Public Health England, Colindale, London NW9 5EQ, UK;
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- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SA, UK; (M.F.); (C.C.); (N.R.T.)
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- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SA, UK; (M.F.); (C.C.); (N.R.T.)
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- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SA, UK; (M.F.); (C.C.); (N.R.T.)
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- Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7UQ, UK
- Microbes in the Food Chain, Quadram Institute, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UQ, UK;
- Correspondence:
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- Microbes in the Food Chain, Quadram Institute, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UQ, UK;
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Mead D, Hailer F, Chadwick E, Portela Miguez R, Smith M, Corton C, Oliver K, Skelton J, Betteridge E, Doulcan JD, Dudchenko O, Omer A, Weisz D, Lieberman Aiden E, McCarthy S, Howe K, Sims Y, Torrance J, Tracey A, Challis R, Durbin R, Blaxter M. The genome sequence of the Eurasian river otter, Lutra lutra Linnaeus 1758. Wellcome Open Res 2020; 5:33. [PMID: 32258427 PMCID: PMC7097881 DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15722.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/13/2020] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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We present a genome assembly from an individual male Lutra lutra (the Eurasian river otter; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Eutheria; Carnivora; Mustelidae). The genome sequence is 2.44 gigabases in span. The majority of the assembly is scaffolded into 20 chromosomal pseudomolecules, with both X and Y sex chromosomes assembled.
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- Dan Mead
- Wellcome Genome Campus, Wellcome Sanger Institute,, Hinxton, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Cardiff Otter Project, Cardiff University School of Biosciences, Cardiff, CF10 3AX, UK
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- Cardiff Otter Project, Cardiff University School of Biosciences, Cardiff, CF10 3AX, UK
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- Wellcome Genome Campus, Wellcome Sanger Institute,, Hinxton, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Wellcome Genome Campus, Wellcome Sanger Institute,, Hinxton, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Wellcome Genome Campus, Wellcome Sanger Institute,, Hinxton, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Wellcome Genome Campus, Wellcome Sanger Institute,, Hinxton, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Wellcome Genome Campus, Wellcome Sanger Institute,, Hinxton, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, TX 77030 USA, USA
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- Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, TX 77030 USA, USA
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- Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, TX 77030 USA, USA
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- Wellcome Genome Campus, Wellcome Sanger Institute,, Hinxton, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Wellcome Genome Campus, Wellcome Sanger Institute,, Hinxton, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Wellcome Genome Campus, Wellcome Sanger Institute,, Hinxton, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Wellcome Genome Campus, Wellcome Sanger Institute,, Hinxton, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Wellcome Genome Campus, Wellcome Sanger Institute,, Hinxton, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Wellcome Genome Campus, Wellcome Sanger Institute,, Hinxton, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Wellcome Genome Campus, Wellcome Sanger Institute,, Hinxton, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Wellcome Genome Campus, Wellcome Sanger Institute,, Hinxton, CB10 1SA, UK
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Mead D, Fingland K, Cripps R, Portela Miguez R, Smith M, Corton C, Oliver K, Skelton J, Betteridge E, Dolucan J, Dudchenko O, Omer AD, Weisz D, Lieberman Aiden E, Fedrigo O, Mountcastle J, Jarvis E, McCarthy SA, Sims Y, Torrance J, Tracey A, Howe K, Challis R, Durbin R, Blaxter M. The genome sequence of the Eurasian red squirrel, Sciurus vulgaris Linnaeus 1758. Wellcome Open Res 2020; 5:18. [PMID: 32587897 PMCID: PMC7309416 DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15679.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/22/2020] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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We present a genome assembly from an individual male Sciurus vulgaris (the Eurasian red squirrel; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Eutheria; Rodentia; Sciuridae). The genome sequence is 2.88 gigabases in span. The majority of the assembly is scaffolded into 21 chromosomal-level scaffolds, with both X and Y sex chromosomes assembled.
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- Daniel Mead
- Tree of Life, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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- School of Animal, Rural and Environmental Sciences, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, NG25 0QF, UK
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- The Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester and North Merseyside, Preston, PR5 6BY, UK
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- Tree of Life, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Tree of Life, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Tree of Life, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Tree of Life, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Tree of Life, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Laboratory of Neurogenetics of Language, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, 10065, USA
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- Laboratory of Neurogenetics of Language, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, 10065, USA
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- Laboratory of Neurogenetics of Language, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, 10065, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD, 20815, USA
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- Tree of Life, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
- Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 3EH, UK
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- Tree of Life, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Tree of Life, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Tree of Life, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Tree of Life, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Tree of Life, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Tree of Life, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
- Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 3EH, UK
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- Tree of Life, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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Palser AL, Grayson NE, White RE, Corton C, Correia S, Ba Abdullah MM, Watson SJ, Cotten M, Arrand JR, Murray PG, Allday MJ, Rickinson AB, Young LS, Farrell PJ, Kellam P. Genome diversity of Epstein-Barr virus from multiple tumor types and normal infection. J Virol 2015; 89:5222-37. [PMID: 25787276 PMCID: PMC4442510 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.03614-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 169] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2014] [Accepted: 03/08/2015] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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UNLABELLED Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infects most of the world's population and is causally associated with several human cancers, but little is known about how EBV genetic variation might influence infection or EBV-associated disease. There are currently no published wild-type EBV genome sequences from a healthy individual and very few genomes from EBV-associated diseases. We have sequenced 71 geographically distinct EBV strains from cell lines, multiple types of primary tumor, and blood samples and the first EBV genome from the saliva of a healthy carrier. We show that the established genome map of EBV accurately represents all strains sequenced, but novel deletions are present in a few isolates. We have increased the number of type 2 EBV genomes sequenced from one to 12 and establish that the type 1/type 2 classification is a major feature of EBV genome variation, defined almost exclusively by variation of EBNA2 and EBNA3 genes, but geographic variation is also present. Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) density varies substantially across all known open reading frames and is highest in latency-associated genes. Some T-cell epitope sequences in EBNA3 genes show extensive variation across strains, and we identify codons under positive selection, both important considerations for the development of vaccines and T-cell therapy. We also provide new evidence for recombination between strains, which provides a further mechanism for the generation of diversity. Our results provide the first global view of EBV sequence variation and demonstrate an effective method for sequencing large numbers of genomes to further understand the genetics of EBV infection. IMPORTANCE Most people in the world are infected by Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), and it causes several human diseases, which occur at very different rates in different parts of the world and are linked to host immune system variation. Natural variation in EBV DNA sequence may be important for normal infection and for causing disease. Here we used rapid, cost-effective sequencing to determine 71 new EBV sequences from different sample types and locations worldwide. We showed geographic variation in EBV genomes and identified the most variable parts of the genome. We identified protein sequences that seem to have been selected by the host immune system and detected variability in known immune epitopes. This gives the first overview of EBV genome variation, important for designing vaccines and immune therapy for EBV, and provides techniques to investigate relationships between viral sequence variation and EBV-associated diseases.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Antigens, Viral/genetics
- Carrier State/virology
- Cell Line, Tumor
- DNA, Viral/genetics
- Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte/genetics
- Epstein-Barr Virus Infections/virology
- Epstein-Barr Virus Nuclear Antigens/genetics
- Genetic Variation
- Genome, Viral
- Herpesvirus 4, Human/classification
- Herpesvirus 4, Human/genetics
- Herpesvirus 4, Human/isolation & purification
- Humans
- Phylogeny
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
- Recombination, Genetic
- Viral Matrix Proteins/genetics
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- Anne L Palser
- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Section of Virology, Imperial College Faculty of Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Section of Virology, Imperial College Faculty of Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- School of Cancer Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- School of Cancer Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Section of Virology, Imperial College Faculty of Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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- School of Cancer Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- University of Warwick, University House, Coventry, United Kingdom
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- Section of Virology, Imperial College Faculty of Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom Division of Infection and Immunity, UCL, London, United Kingdom
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Bratcher HB, Corton C, Jolley KA, Parkhill J, Maiden MCJ. A gene-by-gene population genomics platform: de novo assembly, annotation and genealogical analysis of 108 representative Neisseria meningitidis genomes. BMC Genomics 2014; 15:1138. [PMID: 25523208 PMCID: PMC4377854 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-1138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2014] [Accepted: 12/04/2014] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Highly parallel, 'second generation' sequencing technologies have rapidly expanded the number of bacterial whole genome sequences available for study, permitting the emergence of the discipline of population genomics. Most of these data are publically available as unassembled short-read sequence files that require extensive processing before they can be used for analysis. The provision of data in a uniform format, which can be easily assessed for quality, linked to provenance and phenotype and used for analysis, is therefore necessary. RESULTS The performance of de novo short-read assembly followed by automatic annotation using the pubMLST.org Neisseria database was assessed and evaluated for 108 diverse, representative, and well-characterised Neisseria meningitidis isolates. High-quality sequences were obtained for >99% of known meningococcal genes among the de novo assembled genomes and four resequenced genomes and less than 1% of reassembled genes had sequence discrepancies or misassembled sequences. A core genome of 1600 loci, present in at least 95% of the population, was determined using the Genome Comparator tool. Genealogical relationships compatible with, but at a higher resolution than, those identified by multilocus sequence typing were obtained with core genome comparisons and ribosomal protein gene analysis which revealed a genomic structure for a number of previously described phenotypes. This unified system for cataloguing Neisseria genetic variation in the genome was implemented and used for multiple analyses and the data are publically available in the PubMLST Neisseria database. CONCLUSIONS The de novo assembly, combined with automated gene-by-gene annotation, generates high quality draft genomes in which the majority of protein-encoding genes are present with high accuracy. The approach catalogues diversity efficiently, permits analyses of a single genome or multiple genome comparisons, and is a practical approach to interpreting WGS data for large bacterial population samples. The method generates novel insights into the biology of the meningococcus and improves our understanding of the whole population structure, not just disease causing lineages.
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Harrison OB, Claus H, Jiang Y, Bennett JS, Bratcher HB, Jolley KA, Corton C, Care R, Poolman JT, Zollinger WD, Frasch CE, Stephens DS, Feavers I, Frosch M, Parkhill J, Vogel U, Quail MA, Bentley SD, Maiden MCJ. Description and nomenclature of Neisseria meningitidis capsule locus. Emerg Infect Dis 2013; 19:566-73. [PMID: 23628376 PMCID: PMC3647402 DOI: 10.3201/eid1904.111799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 213] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Pathogenic Neisseria meningitidis isolates contain a polysaccharide capsule that is the main virulence determinant for this bacterium. Thirteen capsular polysaccharides have been described, and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy has enabled determination of the structure of capsular polysaccharides responsible for serogroup specificity. Molecular mechanisms involved in N. meningitidis capsule biosynthesis have also been identified, and genes involved in this process and in cell surface translocation are clustered at a single chromosomal locus termed cps. The use of multiple names for some of the genes involved in capsule synthesis, combined with the need for rapid diagnosis of serogroups commonly associated with invasive meningococcal disease, prompted a requirement for a consistent approach to the nomenclature of capsule genes. In this report, a comprehensive description of all N. meningitidis serogroups is provided, along with a proposed nomenclature, which was presented at the 2012 XVIIIth International Pathogenic Neisseria Conference.
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Bennett JS, Jolley KA, Earle SG, Corton C, Bentley SD, Parkhill J, Maiden MCJ. A genomic approach to bacterial taxonomy: an examination and proposed reclassification of species within the genus Neisseria. Microbiology (Reading) 2012; 158:1570-1580. [PMID: 22422752 PMCID: PMC3541776 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.056077-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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In common with other bacterial taxa, members of the genus Neisseria are classified using a range of phenotypic and biochemical approaches, which are not entirely satisfactory in assigning isolates to species groups. Recently, there has been increasing interest in using nucleotide sequences for bacterial typing and taxonomy, but to date, no broadly accepted alternative to conventional methods is available. Here, the taxonomic relationships of 55 representative members of the genus Neisseria have been analysed using whole-genome sequence data. As genetic material belonging to the accessory genome is widely shared among different taxa but not present in all isolates, this analysis indexed nucleotide sequence variation within sets of genes, specifically protein-coding genes that were present and directly comparable in all isolates. Variation in these genes identified seven species groups, which were robust to the choice of genes and phylogenetic clustering methods used. The groupings were largely, but not completely, congruent with current species designations, with some minor changes in nomenclature and the reassignment of a few isolates necessary. In particular, these data showed that isolates classified as Neisseria polysaccharea are polyphyletic and probably include more than one taxonomically distinct organism. The seven groups could be reliably and rapidly generated with sequence variation within the 53 ribosomal protein subunit (rps) genes, further demonstrating that ribosomal multilocus sequence typing (rMLST) is a practicable and powerful means of characterizing bacteria at all levels, from domain to strain.
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- Julia S Bennett
- Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK
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- Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK
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- Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK
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- The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton CB10 1SA, UK
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- The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton CB10 1SA, UK
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- The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton CB10 1SA, UK
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Petty NK, Feltwell T, Pickard D, Clare S, Toribio AL, Fookes M, Roberts K, Monson R, Nair S, Kingsley RA, Bulgin R, Wiles S, Goulding D, Keane T, Corton C, Lennard N, Harris D, Willey D, Rance R, Yu L, Choudhary JS, Churcher C, Quail MA, Parkhill J, Frankel G, Dougan G, Salmond GPC, Thomson NR. Citrobacter rodentium is an unstable pathogen showing evidence of significant genomic flux. PLoS Pathog 2011; 7:e1002018. [PMID: 21490962 PMCID: PMC3072379 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2010] [Accepted: 02/18/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Citrobacter rodentium is a natural mouse pathogen that causes attaching and effacing (A/E) lesions. It shares a common virulence strategy with the clinically significant human A/E pathogens enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) and enterohaemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) and is widely used to model this route of pathogenesis. We previously reported the complete genome sequence of C. rodentium ICC168, where we found that the genome displayed many characteristics of a newly evolved pathogen. In this study, through PFGE, sequencing of isolates showing variation, whole genome transcriptome analysis and examination of the mobile genetic elements, we found that, consistent with our previous hypothesis, the genome of C. rodentium is unstable as a result of repeat-mediated, large-scale genome recombination and because of active transposition of mobile genetic elements such as the prophages. We sequenced an additional C. rodentium strain, EX-33, to reveal that the reference strain ICC168 is representative of the species and that most of the inactivating mutations were common to both isolates and likely to have occurred early on in the evolution of this pathogen. We draw parallels with the evolution of other bacterial pathogens and conclude that C. rodentium is a recently evolved pathogen that may have emerged alongside the development of inbred mice as a model for human disease.
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- Nicola K. Petty
- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome
Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Department of Biochemistry, University of
Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome
Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome
Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome
Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome
Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome
Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of
Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of
Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome
Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome
Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Molecular Microbiology and
Infection, Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, Imperial College London,
London, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Molecular Microbiology and
Infection, Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, Imperial College London,
London, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome
Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome
Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome
Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome
Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome
Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome
Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome
Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome
Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome
Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome
Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome
Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome
Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Molecular Microbiology and
Infection, Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, Imperial College London,
London, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome
Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome
Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Patrick S, Blakely GW, Houston S, Moore J, Abratt VR, Bertalan M, Cerdeño-Tárraga AM, Quail MA, Corton N, Corton C, Bignell A, Barron A, Clark L, Bentley SD, Parkhill J. Twenty-eight divergent polysaccharide loci specifying within- and amongst-strain capsule diversity in three strains of Bacteroides fragilis. Microbiology (Reading) 2010; 156:3255-3269. [PMID: 20829291 PMCID: PMC3090145 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.042978-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Comparison of the complete genome sequence of Bacteroides fragilis 638R, originally isolated in the USA, was made with two previously sequenced strains isolated in the UK (NCTC 9343) and Japan (YCH46). The presence of 10 loci containing genes associated with polysaccharide (PS) biosynthesis, each including a putative Wzx flippase and Wzy polymerase, was confirmed in all three strains, despite a lack of cross-reactivity between NCTC 9343 and 638R surface PS-specific antibodies by immunolabelling and microscopy. Genomic comparisons revealed an exceptional level of PS biosynthesis locus diversity. Of the 10 divergent PS-associated loci apparent in each strain, none is similar between NCTC 9343 and 638R. YCH46 shares one locus with NCTC 9343, confirmed by mAb labelling, and a second different locus with 638R, making a total of 28 divergent PS biosynthesis loci amongst the three strains. The lack of expression of the phase-variable large capsule (LC) in strain 638R, observed in NCTC 9343, is likely to be due to a point mutation that generates a stop codon within a putative initiating glycosyltransferase, necessary for the expression of the LC in NCTC 9343. Other major sequence differences were observed to arise from different numbers and variety of inserted extra-chromosomal elements, in particular prophages. Extensive horizontal gene transfer has occurred within these strains, despite the presence of a significant number of divergent DNA restriction and modification systems that act to prevent acquisition of foreign DNA. The level of amongst-strain diversity in PS biosynthesis loci is unprecedented.
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- Sheila Patrick
- Centre for Infection and Immunity, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, Medical Biology Centre, 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast BT9 7BL, UK
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- Institute of Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh, Darwin Building, Kings Buildings, Edinburgh EH9 3JR, UK
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- Centre for Infection and Immunity, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, Medical Biology Centre, 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast BT9 7BL, UK
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- Centre for Infection and Immunity, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, Medical Biology Centre, 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast BT9 7BL, UK
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Cape Town, South Africa
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- The Pathogen Sequencing Unit, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SA, UK
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- The Pathogen Sequencing Unit, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SA, UK
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- The Pathogen Sequencing Unit, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SA, UK
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- The Pathogen Sequencing Unit, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SA, UK
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- The Pathogen Sequencing Unit, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SA, UK
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- The Pathogen Sequencing Unit, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SA, UK
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- The Pathogen Sequencing Unit, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SA, UK
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- The Pathogen Sequencing Unit, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SA, UK
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- The Pathogen Sequencing Unit, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SA, UK
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- The Pathogen Sequencing Unit, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SA, UK
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Stabler RA, He M, Dawson L, Martin M, Valiente E, Corton C, Lawley TD, Sebaihia M, Quail MA, Rose G, Gerding DN, Gibert M, Popoff MR, Parkhill J, Dougan G, Wren BW. Comparative genome and phenotypic analysis of Clostridium difficile 027 strains provides insight into the evolution of a hypervirulent bacterium. Genome Biol 2009; 10:R102. [PMID: 19781061 PMCID: PMC2768977 DOI: 10.1186/gb-2009-10-9-r102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 352] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2009] [Revised: 06/29/2009] [Accepted: 09/25/2009] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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A genome comparison of non-epidemic and epidemic strains of Clostridium difficile reveals gene gains that could explain how a hypervirulent strain has emerged Background The continued rise of Clostridium difficile infections worldwide has been accompanied by the rapid emergence of a highly virulent clone designated PCR-ribotype 027. To understand more about the evolution of this virulent clone, we made a three-way genomic and phenotypic comparison of an 'historic' non-epidemic 027 C. difficile (CD196), a recent epidemic and hypervirulent 027 (R20291) and a previously sequenced PCR-ribotype 012 strain (630). Results Although the genomes are highly conserved, the 027 genomes have 234 additional genes compared to 630, which may contribute to the distinct phenotypic differences we observe between these strains relating to motility, antibiotic resistance and toxicity. The epidemic 027 strain has five unique genetic regions, absent from both the non-epidemic 027 and strain 630, which include a novel phage island, a two component regulatory system and transcriptional regulators. Conclusions A comparison of a series of 027 isolates showed that some of these genes appeared to have been gained by 027 strains over the past two decades. This study provides genetic markers for the identification of 027 strains and offers a unique opportunity to explain the recent emergence of a hypervirulent bacterium.
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- Richard A Stabler
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK.
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Wilkinson P, Waterfield NR, Crossman L, Corton C, Sanchez-Contreras M, Vlisidou I, Barron A, Bignell A, Clark L, Ormond D, Mayho M, Bason N, Smith F, Simmonds M, Churcher C, Harris D, Thompson NR, Quail M, Parkhill J, Ffrench-Constant RH. Comparative genomics of the emerging human pathogen Photorhabdus asymbiotica with the insect pathogen Photorhabdus luminescens. BMC Genomics 2009; 10:302. [PMID: 19583835 PMCID: PMC2717986 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-10-302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2008] [Accepted: 07/07/2009] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Background The Gram-negative bacterium Photorhabdus asymbiotica (Pa) has been recovered from human infections in both North America and Australia. Recently, Pa has been shown to have a nematode vector that can also infect insects, like its sister species the insect pathogen P. luminescens (Pl). To understand the relationship between pathogenicity to insects and humans in Photorhabdus we have sequenced the complete genome of Pa strain ATCC43949 from North America. This strain (formerly referred to as Xenorhabdus luminescens strain 2) was isolated in 1977 from the blood of an 80 year old female patient with endocarditis, in Maryland, USA. Here we compare the complete genome of Pa ATCC43949 with that of the previously sequenced insect pathogen P. luminescens strain TT01 which was isolated from its entomopathogenic nematode vector collected from soil in Trinidad and Tobago. Results We found that the human pathogen Pa had a smaller genome (5,064,808 bp) than that of the insect pathogen Pl (5,688,987 bp) but that each pathogen carries approximately one megabase of DNA that is unique to each strain. The reduced size of the Pa genome is associated with a smaller diversity in insecticidal genes such as those encoding the Toxin complexes (Tc's), Makes caterpillars floppy (Mcf) toxins and the Photorhabdus Virulence Cassettes (PVCs). The Pa genome, however, also shows the addition of a plasmid related to pMT1 from Yersinia pestis and several novel pathogenicity islands including a novel Type Three Secretion System (TTSS) encoding island. Together these data suggest that Pa may show virulence against man via the acquisition of the pMT1-like plasmid and specific effectors, such as SopB, that promote its persistence inside human macrophages. Interestingly the loss of insecticidal genes in Pa is not reflected by a loss of pathogenicity towards insects. Conclusion Our results suggest that North American isolates of Pa have acquired virulence against man via the acquisition of a plasmid and specific virulence factors with similarity to those shown to play roles in pathogenicity against humans in other bacteria.
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- Paul Wilkinson
- School of Biosciences, University of Exeter in Cornwall, Penryn TR10 9EZ, UK.
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Bentley SD, Corton C, Brown SE, Barron A, Clark L, Doggett J, Harris B, Ormond D, Quail MA, May G, Francis D, Knudson D, Parkhill J, Ishimaru CA. Genome of the actinomycete plant pathogen Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. sepedonicus suggests recent niche adaptation. J Bacteriol 2008; 190:2150-60. [PMID: 18192393 PMCID: PMC2258862 DOI: 10.1128/jb.01598-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2007] [Accepted: 01/01/2008] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. sepedonicus is a plant-pathogenic bacterium and the causative agent of bacterial ring rot, a devastating agricultural disease under strict quarantine control and zero tolerance in the seed potato industry. This organism appears to be largely restricted to an endophytic lifestyle, proliferating within plant tissues and unable to persist in the absence of plant material. Analysis of the genome sequence of C. michiganensis subsp. sepedonicus and comparison with the genome sequences of related plant pathogens revealed a dramatic recent evolutionary history. The genome contains 106 insertion sequence elements, which appear to have been active in extensive rearrangement of the chromosome compared to that of Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis. There are 110 pseudogenes with overrepresentation in functions associated with carbohydrate metabolism, transcriptional regulation, and pathogenicity. Genome comparisons also indicated that there is substantial gene content diversity within the species, probably due to differential gene acquisition and loss. These genomic features and evolutionary dating suggest that there was recent adaptation for life in a restricted niche where nutrient diversity and perhaps competition are low, correlated with a reduced ability to exploit previously occupied complex niches outside the plant. Toleration of factors such as multiplication and integration of insertion sequence elements, genome rearrangements, and functional disruption of many genes and operons seems to indicate that there has been general relaxation of selective pressure on a large proportion of the genome.
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- Stephen D Bentley
- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton CB10 1SA, United Kingdom
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Expressed sequence tags (ESTs) provide an efficient way to identify large numbers of genes expressed in a specific stage of the life cycle of an organism. Here we analysed approximately 13,000 ESTs derived from the erythrocytic stage of the apicomplexan parasite Babesia bovis. The ESTs were clustered in order to obtain information on the expression level of a gene and to increase sequence length and reliability. A total of 3522 clusters were obtained and annotated using BLAST algorithms. The clusters were estimated to represent approximately 2600 genes of which in total approximately 2.1 Mbp sequence information was obtained. Expression levels of the genes, as determined by the numbers of ESTs contained within a cluster, were compared to those of their closest homologs in the erythrocytic stage of Plasmodium falciparum and Toxoplasma gondii tachyzoites. Pathways that are represented relatively abundant in B. bovis are, amongst others, the purine salvage pathway (displaying characteristics not identified before in apicomplexans), isoprenoid biosynthesis in the apicoplast and many genes encoding mitochondrial proteins. Especially remarkable in the latter group are the F-type ATPases - which are hardly expressed in P. falciparum and T. gondii - and two highly expressed glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenases creating a shuttle possibly controlling the cytoplasmic NADH/NAD+ -ratio. A comparison of known antigenic proteins from Australian and American strains of B. bovis with the Israel strain used here identifies considerable sequence variation in the rhoptry associated protein-1 (RAP-1), merozoite surface proteins of the variable merozoite surface antigen (VMSA) family and spherical body proteins. Analysis of the EST clusters representing the variable erythocyte surface antigen family reveals many variant transcripts of which a few are dominant. Two putative pseudogenes also seem to be transcribed at high levels.
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- Erik de Vries
- Division of Infection Biology, Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Utrecht University, P.O. Box 80165, 3508 TD Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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Cerdeño-Tárraga AM, Patrick S, Crossman LC, Blakely G, Abratt V, Lennard N, Poxton I, Duerden B, Harris B, Quail MA, Barron A, Clark L, Corton C, Doggett J, Holden MTG, Larke N, Line A, Lord A, Norbertczak H, Ormond D, Price C, Rabbinowitsch E, Woodward J, Barrell B, Parkhill J. Extensive DNA Inversions in the B. fragilis Genome Control Variable Gene Expression. Science 2005; 307:1463-5. [PMID: 15746427 DOI: 10.1126/science.1107008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 212] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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The obligately anaerobic bacterium Bacteroides fragilis, an opportunistic pathogen and inhabitant of the normal human colonic microbiota, exhibits considerable within-strain phase and antigenic variation of surface components. The complete genome sequence has revealed an unusual breadth (in number and in effect) of DNA inversion events that potentially control expression of many different components, including surface and secreted components, regulatory molecules, and restriction-modification proteins. Invertible promoters of two different types (12 group 1 and 11 group 2) were identified. One group has inversion crossover (fix) sites similar to the hix sites of Salmonella typhimurium. There are also four independent intergenic shufflons that potentially alter the expression and function of varied genes. The composition of the 10 different polysaccharide biosynthesis gene clusters identified (7 with associated invertible promoters) suggests a mechanism of synthesis similar to the O-antigen capsules of Escherichia coli.
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MESH Headings
- Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins/genetics
- Bacteroides fragilis/genetics
- Bacteroides fragilis/metabolism
- Bacteroides fragilis/pathogenicity
- Base Sequence
- Chromosome Inversion
- DNA, Bacterial/genetics
- DNA, Intergenic
- Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial
- Genome, Bacterial
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Polysaccharides, Bacterial/biosynthesis
- Polysaccharides, Bacterial/genetics
- Promoter Regions, Genetic
- Recombinases/genetics
- Recombination, Genetic
- Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid
- Transcription, Genetic
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Holden MTG, Feil EJ, Lindsay JA, Peacock SJ, Day NPJ, Enright MC, Foster TJ, Moore CE, Hurst L, Atkin R, Barron A, Bason N, Bentley SD, Chillingworth C, Chillingworth T, Churcher C, Clark L, Corton C, Cronin A, Doggett J, Dowd L, Feltwell T, Hance Z, Harris B, Hauser H, Holroyd S, Jagels K, James KD, Lennard N, Line A, Mayes R, Moule S, Mungall K, Ormond D, Quail MA, Rabbinowitsch E, Rutherford K, Sanders M, Sharp S, Simmonds M, Stevens K, Whitehead S, Barrell BG, Spratt BG, Parkhill J. Complete genomes of two clinical Staphylococcus aureus strains: evidence for the rapid evolution of virulence and drug resistance. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2004; 101:9786-91. [PMID: 15213324 PMCID: PMC470752 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0402521101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 661] [Impact Index Per Article: 33.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2004] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Staphylococcus aureus is an important nosocomial and community-acquired pathogen. Its genetic plasticity has facilitated the evolution of many virulent and drug-resistant strains, presenting a major and constantly changing clinical challenge. We sequenced the approximately 2.8-Mbp genomes of two disease-causing S. aureus strains isolated from distinct clinical settings: a recent hospital-acquired representative of the epidemic methicillin-resistant S. aureus EMRSA-16 clone (MRSA252), a clinically important and globally prevalent lineage; and a representative of an invasive community-acquired methicillin-susceptible S. aureus clone (MSSA476). A comparative-genomics approach was used to explore the mechanisms of evolution of clinically important S. aureus genomes and to identify regions affecting virulence and drug resistance. The genome sequences of MRSA252 and MSSA476 have a well conserved core region but differ markedly in their accessory genetic elements. MRSA252 is the most genetically diverse S. aureus strain sequenced to date: approximately 6% of the genome is novel compared with other published genomes, and it contains several unique genetic elements. MSSA476 is methicillin-susceptible, but it contains a novel Staphylococcal chromosomal cassette (SCC) mec-like element (designated SCC(476)), which is integrated at the same site on the chromosome as SCCmec elements in MRSA strains but encodes a putative fusidic acid resistance protein. The crucial role that accessory elements play in the rapid evolution of S. aureus is clearly illustrated by comparing the MSSA476 genome with that of an extremely closely related MRSA community-acquired strain; the differential distribution of large mobile elements carrying virulence and drug-resistance determinants may be responsible for the clinically important phenotypic differences in these strains.
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- Matthew T G Holden
- The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SA, United Kingdom
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Gomez-Escobar N, Gregory WF, Britton C, Murray L, Corton C, Hall N, Daub J, Blaxter ML, Maizels RM. Abundant larval transcript-1 and -2 genes from Brugia malayi: diversity of genomic environments but conservation of 5' promoter sequences functional in Caenorhabditis elegans. Mol Biochem Parasitol 2002; 125:59-71. [PMID: 12467974 DOI: 10.1016/s0166-6851(02)00219-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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The genomic organisation of two abundant larval transcript (alt) genes from the filarial nematode Brugia malayi has been defined. The products of these genes are 78% identical in amino acid sequence, and are highly expressed in a stage-specific manner by mosquito-borne infective larvae. alt-1 is present as two near-identical copies organised in an inverted repeat of approximately 7.6 kb, occupying a total of 16 kb of the genome. alt-2 is a single-copy gene at a different locus to alt-1. The two alt-1 genes (alt-1.1 and -1.2) are 99.7% identical in coding sequence and 99.5% in intronic sequences. Both alt-1 and -2 contain 3 introns, and the third intron of alt-2 exhibits a size polymorphism evident in different individual parasites from the laboratory-maintained strain. Genomic sequence up- and down-stream from alt-1.1/1.2 (26 and 6 kb, respectively) and alt-2 (6 and 4 kb, respectively) show that neither gene is in a multiple array or an operon. Most notably, the neighbouring genes of alt-1 and -2 show no similarity to each other, or to the genes flanking the distant alt homologue in Caenorhabditis elegans. Despite this diversity in flanking genes, the 5' UTR tracts extending some 800 bp upstream of each B. malayi alt gene show a high degree of similarity (overall 59% identity with tracts of 77-86% identity). Surmising that this region may contain conserved promoter elements, constructs containing the B. malayi alt 5' UTR with or without coding sequence were made fused to beta-galactosidase reporter protein. These constructs were injected into the syncytical gonad of C. elegans and progeny stained for beta-gal expression. Our results show relatively strong expression in the gut cells of C. elegans for both alt-1 and -2 constructs, commencing in larval worms and continuing into adulthood. Moreover, expression was enhanced when constructs contained segments of alt-1 coding and intronic sequence in addition to the 5' UTR. We conclude that the high level of alt transcription in filarial L3s is not due to expression from a multi-copy gene family but to a set of strong promoter elements shared between the two alt genes.
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- Natalia Gomez-Escobar
- Institute of Cell, Animal and Population Biology, University of Edinburgh, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JT, UK
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Hall N, Pain A, Berriman M, Churcher C, Harris B, Harris D, Mungall K, Bowman S, Atkin R, Baker S, Barron A, Brooks K, Buckee CO, Burrows C, Cherevach I, Chillingworth C, Chillingworth T, Christodoulou Z, Clark L, Clark R, Corton C, Cronin A, Davies R, Davis P, Dear P, Dearden F, Doggett J, Feltwell T, Goble A, Goodhead I, Gwilliam R, Hamlin N, Hance Z, Harper D, Hauser H, Hornsby T, Holroyd S, Horrocks P, Humphray S, Jagels K, James KD, Johnson D, Kerhornou A, Knights A, Konfortov B, Kyes S, Larke N, Lawson D, Lennard N, Line A, Maddison M, McLean J, Mooney P, Moule S, Murphy L, Oliver K, Ormond D, Price C, Quail MA, Rabbinowitsch E, Rajandream MA, Rutter S, Rutherford KM, Sanders M, Simmonds M, Seeger K, Sharp S, Smith R, Squares R, Squares S, Stevens K, Taylor K, Tivey A, Unwin L, Whitehead S, Woodward J, Sulston JE, Craig A, Newbold C, Barrell BG. Sequence of Plasmodium falciparum chromosomes 1, 3-9 and 13. Nature 2002; 419:527-31. [PMID: 12368867 DOI: 10.1038/nature01095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2002] [Accepted: 09/02/2002] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Since the sequencing of the first two chromosomes of the malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, there has been a concerted effort to sequence and assemble the entire genome of this organism. Here we report the sequence of chromosomes 1, 3-9 and 13 of P. falciparum clone 3D7--these chromosomes account for approximately 55% of the total genome. We describe the methods used to map, sequence and annotate these chromosomes. By comparing our assemblies with the optical map, we indicate the completeness of the resulting sequence. During annotation, we assign Gene Ontology terms to the predicted gene products, and observe clustering of some malaria-specific terms to specific chromosomes. We identify a highly conserved sequence element found in the intergenic region of internal var genes that is not associated with their telomeric counterparts.
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- N Hall
- The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, The Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SA, UK.
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Berriman M, Hall N, Sheader K, Bringaud F, Tiwari B, Isobe T, Bowman S, Corton C, Clark L, Cross GAM, Hoek M, Zanders T, Berberof M, Borst P, Rudenko G. The architecture of variant surface glycoprotein gene expression sites in Trypanosoma brucei. Mol Biochem Parasitol 2002; 122:131-40. [PMID: 12106867 DOI: 10.1016/s0166-6851(02)00092-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Trypanosoma brucei evades the immune system by switching between Variant Surface Glycoprotein (VSG) genes. The active VSG gene is transcribed in one of approximately 20 telomeric expression sites (ESs). It has been postulated that ES polymorphism plays a role in host adaptation. To gain more insight into ES architecture, we have determined the complete sequence of Bacterial Artificial Chromosomes (BACs) containing DNA from three ESs and their flanking regions. There was variation in the order and number of ES-associated genes (ESAGs). ESAGs 6 and 7, encoding transferrin receptor subunits, are the only ESAGs with functional copies in every ES that has been sequenced until now. A BAC clone containing the VO2 ES sequences comprised approximately half of a 330 kb 'intermediate' chromosome. The extensive similarity between this intermediate chromosome and the left telomere of T. brucei 927 chromosome I, suggests that this previously uncharacterised intermediate size class of chromosomes could have arisen from breakage of megabase chromosomes. Unexpected conservation of sequences, including pseudogenes, indicates that the multiple ESs could have arisen through a relatively recent amplification of a single ES.
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Liu J, Corton C, Dix DJ, Liu Y, Waalkes MP, Klaassen CD. Genetic background but not metallothionein phenotype dictates sensitivity to cadmium-induced testicular injury in mice. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2001; 176:1-9. [PMID: 11578143 DOI: 10.1006/taap.2001.9262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Sensitivity to cadmium (Cd)-induced testicular injury varies greatly among mouse strains. For instance, 129/SvJ (129) mice are highly sensitive while C57BL/6J (C57) mice are refractory to Cd-induced testicular injury. Metallothionein (MT), a Cd-binding protein, is thought to be responsible for the strain susceptibility to Cd toxicity. In this study, MT-I/II knockout (MT-null) and wild-type 129 mice were used to determine the role of MT in Cd-induced testicular injury. Two additional strains of mice (C57 and the C57 x 129 F1cross) were also used to help define the role of genetic background in Cd toxicity. Mice were given 5-20 micromol/kg ip CdCl(2) and testicular injury was examined 24 h later by histopathology and testicular hemoglobin concentration. Cd produced dose-dependent testicular injury in all strains of mice, except for C57 mice, in which testicular injury could not be produced. MT-null mice were more sensitive than C57 x 129 mice but were equally sensitive as 129 mice to Cd-induced testicular injury. Fourteen days after 15 micromol/kg ip Cd administration, testicular atrophy was evident in MT-null, 129, and C57 x 129 mice but was absent in C57 mice. The resistance of C57 mice to Cd-induced testicular injury could not be attributed solely to a decreased uptake of (109)Cd nor to a greater amount of testicular MT. Microarray analysis revealed a higher expression of glutathione peroxidase in the testes of C57 mice, as well as genes encoding antioxidant components and DNA damage/repair, but their significance to Cd-induced injury is not immediately clear. Thus, this study demonstrates that it is genetic strain, not MT genotype, that is mechanistically important in determining susceptibility to Cd-induced testicular injury.
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- J Liu
- Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas 66160, USA
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