scholarly journals In Vitro Probiotic Characteristics and Whole Genome Sequence Analysis of Lactobacillus Strains Isolated from Cattle-Yak Milk

Biology ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 44
Author(s):  
Juanshan Zheng ◽  
Mei Du ◽  
Wei Jiang ◽  
Jianbo Zhang ◽  
Wenxiang Shen ◽  
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Cattle-yak milk is an important raw material and an indispensable source of high-quality food for local farmers and herdsmen to produce ghee, milk residue, yogurt, and other dairy products. In this study, Lactobacillus strains were isolated from cattle-yak milk for potential probiotic candidates using a series of in vitro tests, including probiotic characterization and safety evaluation (antibiotic susceptibility and hemolytic ability). The results found that the Lactobacillus rhamnosus CY12 strain showed a high survival rate in bile salts, under acid conditions, and in the gastrointestinal juice environment, as well as showing high antimicrobial activity and adhesive potential. The safety evaluation showed that all strains were considered non-hemolytic. In addition, the whole-genome sequencing indicated that the strain CY12 spanned 2,506,167 bp, with an average length of 881 bp; the GC content in the gene region (%) was 47.35, contained 1347 protein-coding sequences, and accounted for 85.72% of the genome. The genome annotation showed that genes mainly focused on the immune system process, metabolic process, carbohydrate utilization, carbon metabolism, galactose metabolism, and biological adhesion, etc. This study revealed that the Lactobacillus rhamnosus CY12 strain might be an excellent potential probiotic in the development of feed additives for animals and has the ability to promote health.

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Weili Cai ◽  
Schyler Nunziata ◽  
John Rascoe ◽  
Michael J. Stulberg

AbstractHuanglongbing (HLB) is a worldwide deadly citrus disease caused by the phloem-limited bacteria ‘Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus’ (CLas) vectored by Asian citrus psyllids. In order to effectively manage this disease, it is crucial to understand the relationship among the bacterial isolates from different geographical locations. Whole genome sequencing approaches will provide more precise molecular characterization of the diversity among populations. Due to the lack of in vitro culture, obtaining the whole genome sequence of CLas is still a challenge, especially for medium to low titer samples. Hundreds of millions of sequencing reads are needed to get good coverage of CLas from an HLB positive citrus sample. In order to overcome this limitation, we present here a new method, Agilent SureSelect XT HS target enrichment, which can specifically enrich CLas from a metagenomic sample while greatly reducing cost and increasing whole genome coverage of the pathogen. In this study, the CLas genome was successfully sequenced with 99.3% genome coverage and over 72X sequencing coverage from low titer tissue samples (equivalent to 28.52 Cq using Li 16 S qPCR). More importantly, this method also effectively captures regions of diversity in the CLas genome, which provides precise molecular characterization of different strains.


Author(s):  
Endang Rahmat ◽  
Inkyu Park ◽  
Youngmin Kang

Abstract The new yeast Metschnikowia persimmonesis KCTC 12991BP (KIOM G15050 strain) exhibits strong antimicrobial activity against some pathogens. This activity may be related to the medicinal profile of secondary metabolites that could be found in the genome of this species. Therefore, to explore its future possibility of producing some beneficial activities, including medicinal ability, we report high quality whole-genome assembly of M. persimmonesis produced by PacBio RSII sequencer. The final draft assembly consisted of 16 scaffolds with GC content of 45.90% and comprised a fairly complete set (82.8%) of BUSCO result using Saccharomycetales lineage data set. The total length of the genome was 16.473 Mb, with a scaffold N50 of 1.982 Mb. Annotation of the M. persimmonesis genome revealed presence of 7,029 genes and 6,939 functionally annotated proteins. Based on the analysis of phylogenetic relationship and the average nucleotide identities (ANI), M. persimmonesis was proved to a novel species within the Metschnikowia genus. This finding is expected to significantly contribute to the discovery of high-value natural products from M. persimmonesis as well as for genome biology and evolution comparative analysis within Metschnikowia species.


2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tasmina Akter ◽  
M. Mahbubur Rahman ◽  
Alfred Chin Yen Tay ◽  
Rakib Ehsan ◽  
M. Tofazzal Islam

A fish-pathogenic bacterium, Enterococcus faecalis strain BFFF11, was isolated from a tilapia suffering from streptococcosis in a fish farm in the Gazipur district of Bangladesh. The whole genome of this strain, BFFF11, was 3,067,042 bp, with a GC content of 37.4%.


2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (46) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pushpa Lata ◽  
Subramaniam S. Govindarajan ◽  
Feng Qi ◽  
Jian-Liang Li ◽  
Santosh K. Maurya ◽  
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ABSTRACT Pantoea americana strain VS1, an extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing epibiont, was isolated from Magnolia grandiflora in central Florida, USA. Here, we report the de novo whole-genome sequence of this strain, which consists of a total of 191 contigs spanning 5,412,831 bp, with a GC content of 57.3% and comprising 4,836 predicted coding sequences.


2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amjad B. Khalil ◽  
Neelamegam Sivakumar ◽  
Muhammad Arslan ◽  
Hamna Saleem ◽  
Sami Qarawi

Brevibacillus borstelensis AK1 is a thermophile which grows between the temperatures of 45°C and 70°C. The present study is an extended genome report of B. borstelensis AK1 along with the morphological characterization. The strain is isolated from a hot spring in Saudi Arabia (southeast of the city Gazan). It is observed that the strain AK1 is rod-shaped, motile, and strictly aerobic bacterium. The whole genome sequence resulted in 29 contigs with a total length of 5,155,092 bp. In total, 3,946 protein-coding genes and 139 RNA genes were identified. Comparison with the previously submitted strains of B. borstelensis strains illustrates that strain AK1 has a small genome size but high GC content. The strain possesses putative genes for degradation of a wide range of substrates including polyethylene (plastic) and long-chain hydrocarbons. These genomic features may be useful for future environmental/biotechnological applications.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xueping LI ◽  
Jianhong Li ◽  
Yonghong Qi ◽  
Yonggang Liu ◽  
Minquan Li

Abstract BackgroundFusarium equiseti is a plant pathogen with a wide range of hosts and diverse effects, including probiotic activity. However, the underlying molecular mechanisms remain unclear, hindering its effective control and utilization. In this study, the Illumina HiSeq 4000 and PacBio platforms were used to sequence and assemble the whole genome of Fusarium equiseti D25-1.ResultsThe assembly included 16 fragments with a GC content of 48.01%, gap number of zero, and size of 40,776,005 bp. There were 40,110 exons and 26,281 introns having a total size of 19,787,286 bp and 2,290,434 bp, respectively. The genome had an average copy number of 333, 71, 69, 31, and 108 for tRNAs, rRNAs, sRNAs, snRNAs, and miRNAs, respectively. The total repetitive sequence length was 1,713,918 bp, accounting for 4.2033% of the genome. In total, 13,134 functional genes were annotated, accounting for 94.97% of the total gene number. Toxin-related genes, including two related to zearalenone and 23 related to trichothecene, were identified. A comparative genomic analysis supported the high quality of the F. equiseti assembly, exhibiting good collinearity with the reference strains, 3,483 species-specific genes, and 1,805 core genes. A gene family analysis revealed more than 2,500 single-copy orthologs. F. equiseti was most closely related to Fusarium pseudograminearum based on a phylogenetic analysis at the whole-genome level.ConclusionsOur comprehensive analysis of the whole genome of F. equiseti provides basic data for studies of gene expression, regulatory and functional mechanisms, evolutionary processes, as well as disease prevention and control.


2020 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheng-yong Xu ◽  
Na Song ◽  
Shi-jun Xiao ◽  
Tian-xiang Gao

Abstract The marbled rockfish Sebastiscus marmoratus is an ecologically and economically important marine fish species distributed along the northwestern Pacific coast from Japan to the Philippines. Here, next-generation sequencing was used to generate a whole genome survey dataset to provide fundamental information of its genome and develop genome-wide microsatellite markers for S. marmoratus. The genome size of S. marmoratus was estimated as approximate 800 Mb by using K-mer analyses, and its heterozygosity ratio and repeat sequence ratio were 0.17% and 39.65%, respectively. The preliminary assembled genome was nearly 609 Mb with GC content of 41.3%, and the data were used to develop microsatellite markers. A total of 191,592 microsatellite motifs were identified. The most frequent repeat motif was dinucleotide with a frequency of 76.10%, followed by 19.63% trinucleotide, 3.91% tetranucleotide, and 0.36% pentanucleotide motifs. The AC, GAG, and ATAG repeats were the most abundant motifs of dinucleotide, trinucleotide, and tetranucleotide motifs, respectively. In summary, a wide range of candidate microsatellite markers were identified and characterized in the present study using genome survey analysis. High-quality whole genome sequence based on the “Illumina+PacBio+Hi-C” strategy is warranted for further comparative genomics and evolutionary biology studies in this species.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tofazzal Islam ◽  
Nadia Afroz ◽  
ChuShin Koh ◽  
M. Nazmul Haque ◽  
Md. Jillur Rahman ◽  
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Abstract Background Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam.) is a tropical and sub-tropical fruit tree distributed in Asia, Africa, and South America. It is the national fruit of Bangladesh and produces fruit in the summer season only. However, a year-round jackfruit variety, BARI Kanthal-3 developed by Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI) provides fruits from September to June. This study aimed to evaluate the agronomic performance of BARI Kanthal-3 and to generate a draft whole genome sequence to obtain molecular insights of this important unique variety. Results Number of fruits, average each fruit weight, fruit yield per plant, edible portion in fruit and ß carotene content of BARI Kanthal-3 (n = 5) were 422/plant/year, 5.60 kg, 236.32 kg/year, 53.5% and 3614 mg/100g, respectively. During de novo assembly, 817.7 Mb of the BARI Kanthal-3 genome was scaffolded. However, in the reference-guided genome assembly, almost 843 Mb of the BARI Kanthal-3 genome was scaffolded. Through BUSCO assessment, 97.2% of the core genes were represented in the assembly with 1.3% and 1.5% either fragmented or missing, respectively. By comparing the single copy orthologues (SCOs) in three closely and one distantly related species of BARI Kanthal-3, 706 SCOs were found to be shared across the genomes of the five species. The phylogenetic analysis of the shared SCOs showed that A. heterophyllus is the closest species to BARI Kantal-3. The estimated genome size of BARI Kanthal-3 was 1.04 giga base pairs (Gbp) with a heterozygosity rate of 1.62%. The estimated GC content was 34.10%. Variant analysis revealed that BARI Kanthal-3 includes 5.7 M (35%) and 10.4 M (65%) simple and heterozygous single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), and about 90% of all these polymorphisms are located in inter-genic regions. Conclusion The whole-genome sequence of A. heterophyllus cv. BARI Kanthal-3 reveals extremely high single nucleotide polymorphisms in inter-genic regions. The findings of this study will help better understanding the evolution, domestication, phylogenetic relationships, year-round fruiting and the markers development for molecular breeding of this highly nutritious fruit crop.


2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Khawla Seddiki ◽  
François Godart ◽  
Riccardo Aiese Cigliano ◽  
Walter Sanseverino ◽  
Mohamed Barakat ◽  
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ABSTRACT Thraustochytrids are ecologically and biotechnologically relevant marine species. We report here the de novo assembly and annotation of the whole-genome sequence of a new thraustochytrid strain, CCAP_4062/3. The genome size was estimated at 38.7 Mb with 11,853 predicted coding sequences, and the GC content was scored at 57%.


2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jongbum Jeon ◽  
Jung A Kim ◽  
Sook-Young Park ◽  
Gye-Won Kim ◽  
Cheon-Seok Park ◽  
...  

The fungus Aspergillus oryzae strain BP2-1 was isolated from the traditional malted starter culture nuruk. We report here the draft whole-genome sequence of A. oryzae BP2-1, which is comprised of 14 scaffolds with a total length of 39,455,382 bp and a GC content of 47.13%.


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