scholarly journals Complete Genome Sequence of Haemophilus somnus (Histophilus somni) Strain 129Pt and Comparison to Haemophilus ducreyi 35000HP and Haemophilus influenzae Rd

2006 ◽  
Vol 189 (5) ◽  
pp. 1890-1898 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean F. Challacombe ◽  
A. J. Duncan ◽  
Thomas S. Brettin ◽  
David Bruce ◽  
Olga Chertkov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Haemophilus Influenzae ◽  
Genome Sequence ◽  
Systemic Disease ◽  
Opportunistic Pathogen ◽  
Haemophilus Ducreyi ◽  
Histophilus Somni ◽  
Mucosal Surfaces ◽  
A Genome ◽  
Haemophilus Somnus ◽  
Protective Strategies

ABSTRACT Haemophilus somnus can be either a commensal of bovine mucosal surfaces or an opportunistic pathogen. Pathogenic strains of H. somnus are a significant cause of systemic disease in cattle. We report the genome sequence of H. somnus 129Pt, a nonpathogenic commensal preputial isolate, and the results of a genome-wide comparative analysis of H. somnus 129Pt, Haemophilus influenzae Rd, and Haemophilus ducreyi 35000HP. We found unique genes in H. somnus 129Pt involved in lipooligosaccharide biosynthesis, carbohydrate uptake and metabolism, cation transport, amino acid metabolism, ubiquinone and menaquinone biosynthesis, cell surface adhesion, biosynthesis of cofactors, energy metabolism, and electron transport. There were also many genes in common among the three organisms. Our comparative analyses of H. somnus 129Pt, H. influenzae Rd, and H. ducreyi 35000HP revealed similarities and differences in the numbers and compositions of genes involved in metabolism, host colonization, and persistence. These results lay a foundation for research on the host specificities and niche preferences of these organisms. Future comparisons between H. somnus 129Pt and virulent strains will aid in the development of protective strategies and vaccines to protect cattle against H. somnus disease.

scholarly journals Integrating genome sequence and structural data for statistical learning to predict transcription factor binding sites

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (22) ◽  
pp. 12604-12617
Author(s):  
Pengpeng Long ◽  
Lu Zhang ◽  
Bin Huang ◽  
Quan Chen ◽  
Haiyan Liu
Keyword(s):  
Genome Sequence ◽  
Energy Function ◽  
Structural Information ◽  
Structural Data ◽  
P Values ◽  
A Genome ◽  
Z Scores ◽  
Transcription Regulators ◽  
Dna Specificity ◽  
Tetracycline Repressor

Abstract We report an approach to predict DNA specificity of the tetracycline repressor (TetR) family transcription regulators (TFRs). First, a genome sequence-based method was streamlined with quantitative P-values defined to filter out reliable predictions. Then, a framework was introduced to incorporate structural data and to train a statistical energy function to score the pairing between TFR and TFR binding site (TFBS) based on sequences. The predictions benchmarked against experiments, TFBSs for 29 out of 30 TFRs were correctly predicted by either the genome sequence-based or the statistical energy-based method. Using P-values or Z-scores as indicators, we estimate that 59.6% of TFRs are covered with relatively reliable predictions by at least one of the two methods, while only 28.7% are covered by the genome sequence-based method alone. Our approach predicts a large number of new TFBs which cannot be correctly retrieved from public databases such as FootprintDB. High-throughput experimental assays suggest that the statistical energy can model the TFBSs of a significant number of TFRs reliably. Thus the energy function may be applied to explore for new TFBSs in respective genomes. It is possible to extend our approach to other transcriptional factor families with sufficient structural information.

scholarly journals Genomic Characterization Provides an Insight into the Pathogenicity of the Poplar Canker Bacterium Lonsdalea populi

Genes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 246
Author(s):  
Xiaomeng Chen ◽  
Rui Li ◽  
Yonglin Wang ◽  
Aining Li
Keyword(s):  
Genome Sequence ◽  
Extracellular Enzymes ◽  
De Novo ◽  
Whole Genome Sequence ◽  
Hybrid Poplars ◽  
A Genome ◽  
Conserved Genes ◽  
Genomic Characterization ◽  
Molecular Bases ◽  
Insight Into

An emerging poplar canker caused by the gram-negative bacterium, Lonsdalea populi, has led to high mortality of hybrid poplars Populus × euramericana in China and Europe. The molecular bases of pathogenicity and bark adaptation of L. populi have become a focus of recent research. This study revealed the whole genome sequence and identified putative virulence factors of L. populi. A high-quality L. populi genome sequence was assembled de novo, with a genome size of 3,859,707 bp, containing approximately 3434 genes and 107 RNAs (75 tRNA, 22 rRNA, and 10 ncRNA). The L. populi genome contained 380 virulence-associated genes, mainly encoding for adhesion, extracellular enzymes, secretory systems, and two-component transduction systems. The genome had 110 carbohydrate-active enzyme (CAZy)-coding genes and putative secreted proteins. The antibiotic-resistance database annotation listed that L. populi was resistant to penicillin, fluoroquinolone, and kasugamycin. Analysis of comparative genomics found that L. populi exhibited the highest homology with the L. britannica genome and L. populi encompassed 1905 specific genes, 1769 dispensable genes, and 1381 conserved genes, suggesting high evolutionary diversity and genomic plasticity. Moreover, the pan genome analysis revealed that the N-5-1 genome is an open genome. These findings provide important resources for understanding the molecular basis of the pathogenicity and biology of L. populi and the poplar-bacterium interaction.

scholarly journals Genome-Scale Metabolic Network Analysis of the Opportunistic Pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1

2008 ◽  
Vol 190 (8) ◽  
pp. 2790-2803 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew A. Oberhardt ◽  
Jacek Puchałka ◽  
Kimberly E. Fryer ◽  
Vítor A. P. Martins dos Santos ◽  
Jason A. Papin
Keyword(s):  
Pseudomonas Aeruginosa ◽  
Metabolic Network ◽  
Opportunistic Pathogen ◽  
Scale Model ◽  
Modeling Framework ◽  
Major Life ◽  
Metabolic Versatility ◽  
A Genome ◽  
Scale Properties ◽  
Genome Scale

ABSTRACT Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a major life-threatening opportunistic pathogen that commonly infects immunocompromised patients. This bacterium owes its success as a pathogen largely to its metabolic versatility and flexibility. A thorough understanding of P. aeruginosa's metabolism is thus pivotal for the design of effective intervention strategies. Here we aim to provide, through systems analysis, a basis for the characterization of the genome-scale properties of this pathogen's versatile metabolic network. To this end, we reconstructed a genome-scale metabolic network of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1. This reconstruction accounts for 1,056 genes (19% of the genome), 1,030 proteins, and 883 reactions. Flux balance analysis was used to identify key features of P. aeruginosa metabolism, such as growth yield, under defined conditions and with defined knowledge gaps within the network. BIOLOG substrate oxidation data were used in model expansion, and a genome-scale transposon knockout set was compared against in silico knockout predictions to validate the model. Ultimately, this genome-scale model provides a basic modeling framework with which to explore the metabolism of P. aeruginosa in the context of its environmental and genetic constraints, thereby contributing to a more thorough understanding of the genotype-phenotype relationships in this resourceful and dangerous pathogen.

scholarly journals Biofilm Growth Increases Phosphorylcholine Content and Decreases Potency of Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae Endotoxins

2006 ◽  
Vol 74 (3) ◽  
pp. 1828-1836 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shayla West-Barnette ◽  
Andrea Rockel ◽  
W. Edward Swords
Keyword(s):  
Haemophilus Influenzae ◽  
Inflammatory Responses ◽  
Opportunistic Pathogen ◽  
Host Responses ◽  
Toll Like Receptor ◽  
Nontypeable Haemophilus Influenzae ◽  
Toll Like Receptor 4 ◽  
Biofilm Growth ◽  
Bacterial Endotoxins ◽  
Cell Layers

ABSTRACT Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHI) is a common respiratory commensal and opportunistic pathogen. NTHI is normally contained within the airways by host innate defenses that include recognition of bacterial endotoxins by Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4). NTHI produces lipooligosaccharide (LOS) endotoxins which lack polymeric O side chains and which may contain host glycolipids. We recently showed that NTHI biofilms contain variants with sialylated LOS glycoforms that are essential to biofilm formation. In this study, we show that NTHI forms biofilms on epithelial cell layers. Confocal analysis revealed that sialylated variants were distributed throughout the biofilm, while variants expressing phosphorylcholine (PCho) were found within the biofilm. Consistent with this observation, PCho content of LOS purified from NTHI biofilms was increased compared to LOS from planktonic cultures. Hypothesizing that the observed changes in endotoxin composition could affect bioactivity, we compared inflammatory responses to NTHI LOS purified from biofilm and planktonic cultures. Our results show that endotoxins from biofilms induced weaker host innate responses. While we observed a minimal effect of sialylation on LOS bioactivity, there was a significant decrease in bioactivity associated with PCho substitutions. We thus conclude that biofilm growth increases the proportion of PCho+ variants in an NTHI population, resulting in a net decrease in LOS bioactivity. Thus, in addition to their well-documented resistance phenotypes, our data show that biofilm communities of NTHI bacteria contain variants that evoke less potent host responses.

scholarly journals Complete Genome Sequence of Bacillus subtilis subsp. subtilis Strain ∆6

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel R. Reuß ◽  
Andrea Thürmer ◽  
Rolf Daniel ◽  
Wim J. Quax ◽  
Jörg Stülke
Keyword(s):  
Bacillus Subtilis ◽  
Genome Sequence ◽  
Complete Genome Sequence ◽  
Complete Genome ◽  
Full Genome Sequence ◽  
Subtilis Strain ◽  
Full Genome ◽  
Biotechnological Applications ◽  
A Genome ◽  
Subtilis Subsp

Bacillus subtilis ∆6 is a genome-reduced strain that was cured from six prophages and AT-rich islands. This strain is of great interest for biotechnological applications. Here, we announce the full-genome sequence of this strain. Interestingly, the conjugative element ICE Bs 1 has most likely undergone self-excision in B. subtilis ∆6.

scholarly journals Complete genome sequence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1, an opportunistic pathogen

Nature ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 406 (6799) ◽  
pp. 959-964 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. K. Stover ◽  
X. Q. Pham ◽  
A. L. Erwin ◽  
S. D. Mizoguchi ◽  
P. Warrener ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pseudomonas Aeruginosa ◽  
Genome Sequence ◽  
Complete Genome Sequence ◽  
Complete Genome ◽  
Opportunistic Pathogen ◽  
Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Pao1

scholarly journals Draft Genome Sequence of NDM-1-Producing Leclercia adecarboxylata

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (17) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yannick Hoyos-Mallecot ◽  
María Dolores Rojo-Martín ◽  
Rémy A. Bonnin ◽  
Elodie Creton ◽  
Jose María Navarro Marí ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Genome Sequence ◽  
Draft Genome ◽  
Opportunistic Pathogen ◽  
Draft Genome Sequence ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Total Length

ABSTRACT Here, we provide the first draft genome sequence of NDM-1-producing Leclercia adecarboxylata, a human-opportunistic pathogen. The draft genome sequence consists of a total length of 5.13 Mbp, with an average G+C content of 55.2%.

scholarly journals Whole-Genome Sequence of Mycoplasma bovis Strain Ningxia-1

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Peng Sun ◽  
Haifeng Luo ◽  
Xin Zhang ◽  
Jingyi Xu ◽  
Yanan Guo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Genome Sequence ◽  
Single Molecule ◽  
Whole Genome Sequence ◽  
Mycoplasma Bovis ◽  
Sequencing Technology ◽  
Circular Chromosome ◽  
A Genome ◽  
Variable Surface ◽  
Integrative Conjugative Elements ◽  
Single Circular Chromosome

ABSTRACT A genome sequence of the Mycoplasma bovis Ningxia-1 strain was tested by Pacific Biosciences (PacBio) single-molecule real-time (SMRT) sequencing technology. The strain was isolated from a lesioned calf lung in 2013 in Pengyang, Ningxia, China. The single circular chromosome of 1,033,629 bp shows differences between complete Mycoplasma bovis genome in insertion-like sequences (ISs), integrative conjugative elements (ICEs), lipoproteins (LPs), variable surface lipoproteins (VSPs), pathogenicity islands (PAIs), etc.

scholarly journals Phosphocholine-Modified Lipooligosaccharides of Haemophilus influenzae Inhibit ATP-Induced IL-1β Release by Pulmonary Epithelial Cells

Molecules ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (8) ◽  
pp. 1979 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katrin Richter ◽  
Christian Koch ◽  
Alexander Perniss ◽  
Philipp Wolf ◽  
Elke Schweda ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Epithelial Cells ◽  
Haemophilus Influenzae ◽  
Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors ◽  
Acetylcholine Receptors ◽  
Opportunistic Pathogen ◽  
Mammalian Host ◽  
Nicotinic Acetylcholine ◽  
Pulmonary Epithelial Cells ◽  
Airway Infections ◽  
Human Lung Carcinoma

Phosphocholine-modified bacterial cell wall components are virulence factors enabling immune evasion and permanent colonization of the mammalian host, by mechanisms that are poorly understood. Recently, we demonstrated that free phosphocholine (PC) and PC-modified lipooligosaccharides (PC-LOS) from Haemophilus influenzae, an opportunistic pathogen of the upper and lower airways, function as unconventional nicotinic agonists and efficiently inhibit the ATP-induced release of monocytic IL-1β. We hypothesize that H. influenzae PC-LOS exert similar effects on pulmonary epithelial cells and on the complex lung tissue. The human lung carcinoma-derived epithelial cell lines A549 and Calu-3 were primed with lipopolysaccharide from Escherichia coli followed by stimulation with ATP in the presence or absence of PC or PC-LOS or LOS devoid of PC. The involvement of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors was tested using specific antagonists. We demonstrate that PC and PC-LOS efficiently inhibit ATP-mediated IL-1β release by A549 and Calu-3 cells via nicotinic acetylcholine receptors containing subunits α7, α9, and/or α10. Primed precision-cut lung slices behaved similarly. We conclude that H. influenzae hijacked an endogenous anti-inflammatory cholinergic control mechanism of the lung to evade innate immune responses of the host. These findings may pave the way towards a host-centered antibiotic treatment of chronic airway infections with H. influenzae.

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