scholarly journals Characterization of Flagellotropic, Chi-Like Salmonella Phages Isolated from Thai Poultry Farms

Viruses ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 520 ◽  
Author(s):  
Preeda Phothaworn ◽  
Matthew Dunne ◽  
Rattaya Supokaivanich ◽  
Catherine Ong ◽  
Jiali Lim ◽  
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Despite a wealth of knowledge on Salmonella phages worldwide, little is known about poultry-associated Salmonella phages from Thailand. Here, we isolated 108 phages from Thai poultry farms that infect Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium. Phages STm101 and STm118 were identified as temperate Siphoviridae phages. Genome sequencing and analyses revealed these phages share approximately 96% nucleotide sequence similarity to phage SPN19, a member of the Chi-like virus genus. PCR amplification of the gene encoding capsid protein E of the Chi-like phage was positive for 50% of phage isolates, suggesting a predominance of this phage type among the sampled poultry farms. In addition to the flagella, two phages required the lipopolysaccharide to infect and lyse Salmonella. Furthermore, phylogenomic analysis demonstrated that phages STm101 and STm118 formed a monophyletic clade with phages isolated from Western countries, but not from closer isolated phages from Korea. However, further investigation and more phage isolates are required to investigate possible causes for this geographic distribution.

2008 ◽  
Vol 190 (24) ◽  
pp. 8155-8162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fiona J. Cooke ◽  
Derek J. Brown ◽  
Maria Fookes ◽  
Derek Pickard ◽  
Alasdair Ivens ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium definitive phage type 104 (DT104) has caused significant morbidity and mortality in humans and animals for almost three decades. We completed the full DNA sequence of one DT104 strain, NCTC13348, and showed that significant differences between the genome of this isolate and the genome of the previously sequenced strain Salmonella serovar Typhimurium LT2 are due to integrated prophage elements and Salmonella genomic island 1 encoding antibiotic resistance genes. Thirteen isolates of Salmonella serovar Typhimurium DT104 with different pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) profiles were analyzed by using multilocus sequence typing (MLST), plasmid profiling, hybridization to a pan-Salmonella DNA microarray, and prophage-based multiplex PCR. All the isolates belonged to a single MLST type, sequence type ST19. Microarray data demonstrated that the gene contents of the 13 DT104 isolates were remarkably conserved. The PFGE DNA fragment size differences in these isolates could be explained to a great extent by differences in the prophage and plasmid contents. Thus, here the nature of variation in different Salmonella serovar Typhimurium DT104 isolates is further defined at the gene and whole-genome levels, illustrating how this phage type evolves over time.


2011 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Homerova ◽  
B. Rezuchova ◽  
A. Stevenson ◽  
H. Skovierova ◽  
M. Roberts ◽  
...  

2010 ◽  
Vol 48 (9) ◽  
pp. 3375-3377 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Peters ◽  
K. L. Hopkins ◽  
C. Lane ◽  
S. Nair ◽  
J. Wain ◽  
...  

2013 ◽  
Vol 19 (13) ◽  
pp. 1494-1506 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Shepherd ◽  
Begoña Heras ◽  
Maud E. S. Achard ◽  
Gordon J. King ◽  
M. Pilar Argente ◽  
...  

2001 ◽  
Vol 183 (14) ◽  
pp. 4167-4175 ◽  
Author(s):  
David W. Hunnicutt ◽  
Mark J. McBride

ABSTRACT Cells of Flavobacterium johnsoniae move over surfaces by a process known as gliding motility. The mechanism of this form of motility is not known. Cells of F. johnsoniaepropel latex spheres along their surfaces, which is thought to be a manifestation of the motility machinery. Three of the genes that are required for F. johnsoniae gliding motility,gldA, gldB, and ftsX, have recently been described. Tn4351 mutagenesis was used to identify another gene, gldD, that is needed for gliding. Tn4351-induced gldD mutants formed nonspreading colonies, and cells failed to glide. They also lacked the ability to propel latex spheres and were resistant to bacteriophages that infect wild-type cells. Introduction of wild-type gldD into the mutants restored motility, ability to propel latex spheres, and sensitivity to bacteriophage infection. gldD codes for a cytoplasmic membrane protein that does not exhibit strong sequence similarity to proteins of known function. gldE, which lies immediately upstream ofgldD, encodes another cytoplasmic membrane protein that may be involved in gliding motility. Overexpression ofgldE partially suppressed the motility defects of agldB point mutant, suggesting that GldB and GldE may interact. GldE exhibits sequence similarity to Borrelia burgdorferi TlyC and Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium CorC.


2002 ◽  
Vol 46 (5) ◽  
pp. 1604-1606 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheng-Hsun Chiu ◽  
Chishih Chu ◽  
Lin-Hui Su ◽  
Wan-Yu Wu ◽  
Tsu-Lan Wu

ABSTRACT A Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium strain that harbored a plasmid carrying a TEM-1-type β-lactamase gene was isolated from the blood and cerebrospinal fluid of an infant with meningitis. This 3.2-kb plasmid was further characterized to be a nonconjugative pGEM series cloning vector containing a foreign insert. The strain was likely laboratory derived and contaminated the environment before it caused the infection.


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