Genetic boundaries delineate the potential human pathogen Salmonella bongori into discrete lineages: divergence and speciation
Genetic boundaries delineate the potential human pathogen Salmonella bongori into discrete lineages: divergence and speciation
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遗传边界将潜在的人类病原体邦戈里沙门氏菌划分为离散的谱系:分歧和物种形成
DOI:
10.1186/s12864-019-6259-z
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发表时间:
2019-12-04
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影响因子:
4.4
通讯作者:
Liu,Shu-Lin
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作者:
Wang,Xiaoyu;Zhu,Songling;Liu,Shu-Lin
BackgroundSalmonella bongoriinfect mainly cold-blooded hosts, but infections byS. bongoriin warm-blooded hosts have been reported. We hypothesized thatS. bongorimight have diverged into distinct phylogenetic lineages, with some being able to infect warm-blooded hosts.ResultsTo inspect the divergence status ofS. bongori, we first completely sequenced the parakeet isolate RKS3044 and compared it with other sequencedS. bongoristrains. We found that RKS3044 contained a novel T6SS encoded in a pathogenicity island-like structure, in addition to a T6SS encoded in SPI-22, which is common to allS. bongoristrains so far reported. This novel T6SS resembled the SPI-19 T6SS of the warm-blooded host infectingSalmonellaSubgroup I lineages. Genomic sequence comparisons revealed different genomic sequence amelioration events among theS. bongoristrains, including a unique CTAG tetranucleotide degeneration pattern in RKS3044, suggesting non-overlapping gene pools between RKS3044 and otherS. bongorilineages/strains leading to their independent accumulation of genomic variations. We further proved the existence of a clear-cut genetic boundary between RKS3044 and the otherS. bongorilineages/strains analyzed in this study.ConclusionsThe warm-blooded host-infectingS. bongoristrain RKS3044 has diverged with distinct genomic features from otherS. bongoristrains, including a novel T6SS encoded in a previously not reported pathogenicity island-like structure and a unique genomic sequence degeneration pattern. These findings alert cautions about the emergence of new pathogens originating from non-pathogenic ancestors by acquiring specific pathogenic traits.