scholarly journals Comparative Genome Analysis of Lactococcus lactis Indicates Niche Adaptation and Resolves Genotype/Phenotype Disparity

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michiel Wels ◽  
Roland Siezen ◽  
Sacha van Hijum ◽  
William J. Kelly ◽  
Herwig Bachmann
Keyword(s):  
Lactococcus Lactis ◽  
Genome Analysis ◽  
Comparative Genome Analysis ◽  
Comparative Genome ◽  
Niche Adaptation

scholarly journals Genome-wide comparison of four MRSA clinical isolates from Germany and Hungary

PeerJ ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. e10185
Author(s):  
Romen Singh Naorem ◽  
Jochen Blom ◽  
Csaba Fekete
Keyword(s):  
Genome Analysis ◽  
Genetic Background ◽  
Multiple Drug Resistance ◽  
Clinical Isolates ◽  
Ecological Niches ◽  
Comparative Genome Analysis ◽  
Pathogenic Potential ◽  
Comparative Genome ◽  
Pan Genome ◽  
Niche Adaptation

Staphylococcus aureus is a drug-resistant pathogen, capable of colonizing diverse ecological niches and causing a broad spectrum of infections related to a community and healthcare. In this study, we choose four methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) clinical isolates from Germany and Hungary based on our previous polyphasic characterization finding. We assumed that the selected strains have a different genetic background in terms of the presence of resistance and virulence genes, prophages, plasmids, and secondary metabolite biosynthesis genes that may play a crucial role in niche adaptation and pathogenesis. To clarify these assumptions, we performed a comparative genome analysis of these strains and observed many differences in their genomic compositions. The Hungarian isolates (SA H27 and SA H32) with ST22-SCCmec type IVa have fewer genes for multiple-drug resistance, virulence, and prophages reported in Germany isolates. Germany isolate, SA G6 acquires aminoglycoside (ant(6)-Ia and aph(3’)-III) and nucleoside (sat-4) resistance genes via phage transduction and may determine its pathogenic potential. The comparative genome study allowed the segregation of isolates of geographical origin and differentiation of the clinical isolates from the commensal isolates. This study suggested that Germany and Hungarian isolates are genetically diverse and showing variation among them due to the gain or loss of mobile genetic elements (MGEs). An interesting finding is the addition of SA G6 genome responsible for the drastic decline of the core/pan-genome ratio curve and causing the pan-genome to open wider. Functional characterizations revealed that S. aureus isolates survival are maintained by the amino acids catabolism and favor adaptation to growing in a protein-rich medium. The dispersible and singleton genes content of S. aureus genomes allows us to understand the genetic variation among the CC5 and CC22 groups. The strains with the same genetic background were clustered together, which suggests that these strains are highly alike; however, comparative genome analysis exposed that the acquisition of phage elements, and plasmids through the events of MGEs transfer contribute to differences in their phenotypic characters. This comparative genome analysis would improve the knowledge about the pathogenic S. aureus strain’s characterization, and responsible for clinically important phenotypic differences among the S. aureus strains.

scholarly journals Comparative genome analysis of Salmonella enterica serovar Gallinarum biovars Pullorum and Gallinarum decodes strain specific genes

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rajesh Kumar Vaid ◽  
Zoozeal Thakur ◽  
Taruna Anand ◽  
Sanjay Kumar ◽  
Bhupendra Nath Tripathi
Keyword(s):  
Genome Analysis ◽  
Salmonella Enterica ◽  
Genomic Islands ◽  
Economic Losses ◽  
Genotypic Differences ◽  
Comparative Genome Analysis ◽  
Comparative Genome ◽  
Genomic Features ◽  
Niche Adaptation ◽  
Antimicrobial Resistance Genes

Abstract Salmonella enterica serovar Gallinarum biovar Pullorum (bvP) and biovar Gallinarum (bvG) are the etiological agents of pullorum disease (PD) and fowl typhoid (FT) respectively, which cause huge economic losses to poultry industry especially in developing countries including India. Vaccination and biosecurity measures are currently being employed to control and reduce the S. Gallinarum infections. High endemicity, poor implementation of hygiene and lack of effective vaccines pose challenges in prevention and control of disease in intensively maintained poultry flocks. Comparative genome analysis unravels similarities and dissimilarities thus facilitating identification of genomic features that aids in pathogenesis, niche adaptation and in tracing of evolutionary history. The present investigation was carried out to assess the genotypic differences amongst S. enterica serovar Gallinarum strains including Indian strain S. Gallinarum Sal40 VTCCBAA614 with a focus on identification of candidate virulence factors. The comparative genome analysis revealed an open pan-genome consisting of 5091 coding sequence (CDS) with 3270 CDS belonging to core-genome, 1254 CDS to dispensable genome and strain specific genes i.e. singletons ranging from 3 to 102 amongst the analyzed strains. Moreover, the investigated strains exhibited diversity in genomic features such as genomic islands, prophage regions, toxin-antitoxin cassettes, and acquired antimicrobial resistance genes. The identified genetic differences among the S. enterica serovar Gallinarum strains could be used for bacterial typing, design of rapid and reliable diagnostics, structure based inhibitor development and vaccine design for effective infection control as well as eradication and will also form basis for future experimental investigations.

Synteny Conservation and Chromosome Rearrangements During Mammalian Evolution

Genetics ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 147 (1) ◽  
pp. 289-296 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason Ehrlich ◽  
David Sankoff ◽  
Joseph H Nadeau
Keyword(s):  
Genome Analysis ◽  
Systematic Errors ◽  
Chromosome Rearrangements ◽  
Mammalian Evolution ◽  
Comparative Genome Analysis ◽  
Reciprocal Translocations ◽  
Comparative Genome ◽  
Strong Selection ◽  
Synteny Conservation

Abstract An important problem in comparative genome analysis has been defining reliable measures of synteny conservation. The published analytical measures of synteny conservation have limitations. Nonindependence of comparisons, conserved and disrupted syntenies that are as yet unidentified, and redundant rearrangements lead to systematic errors that tend to overestimate the degree of conservation. We recently derived methods to estimate the total number of conserved syntenies within the genome, counting both those that have already been described and those that remain to be discovered. With this method, we show that ~65% of the conserved syntenies have already been identified for humans and mice, that rates of synteny disruption vary ~25-fold among mammalian lineages, and that despite strong selection against reciprocal translocations, inter-chromosome rearrangements occurred approximately fourfold more often than inversions and other intra-chromosome rearrangements, at least for lineages leading to humans and mice.

scholarly journals Complete Genome Sequence of the Giant Virus OBP and Comparative Genome Analysis of the Diverse  KZ-Related Phages

2011 ◽  
Vol 86 (3) ◽  
pp. 1844-1852 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Cornelissen ◽  
S. C. Hardies ◽  
O. V. Shaburova ◽  
V. N. Krylov ◽  
W. Mattheus ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Genome Sequence ◽  
Genome Analysis ◽  
Complete Genome Sequence ◽  
Complete Genome ◽  
Giant Virus ◽  
Comparative Genome Analysis ◽  
Comparative Genome
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