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Loss of Bacitracin Resistance Due to a Large Genomic Deletion among Bacillus anthracis Strains
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| Title: | Loss of Bacitracin Resistance Due to a Large Genomic Deletion among Bacillus anthracis Strains |
| Authors: | Furuta, Yoshikazu Browse this author | | Harima, Hayato Browse this author | | Ito, Emiko Browse this author | | Maruyama, Fumito Browse this author | | Ohnishi, Naomi Browse this author | | Osaki, Ken Browse this author | | Ogawa, Hirohito Browse this author | | Squarre, David Browse this author | | Hang'ombe, Bernard Mudenda Browse this author | | Higashi, Hideaki Browse this author →KAKEN DB |
| Keywords: | Bacillus anthracis | | Bacillus cereus group | | antibiotic resistance | | bacitracin | | genome analysis | | rRNA operon | | unequal crossing over |
| Issue Date: | Sep-2018 |
| Publisher: | American Society for Microbiology |
| Journal Title: | Msystems |
| Volume: | 3 |
| Issue: | 5 |
| Start Page: | e00182-18 |
| Publisher DOI: | 10.1128/mSystems.00182-18 |
| Abstract: | Bacillus anthracis is a Gram-positive endospore-forming bacterial species that causes anthrax in both humans and animals. In Zambia, anthrax cases are frequently reported in both livestock and wildlife, with occasional transmission to humans, causing serious public health problems in the country. To understand the genetic diversity of B. anthracis strains in Zambia, we sequenced and compared the genomic DNA of B. anthracis strains isolated across the country. Single nucleotide polymorphisms clustered these strains into three groups. Genome sequence comparisons revealed a large deletion in strains belonging to one of the groups, possibly due to unequal crossing over between a pair of rRNA operons. The deleted genomic region included genes conferring resistance to bacitracin, and the strains with the deletion were confirmed with loss of bacitracin resistance. Similar deletions between rRNA operons were also observed in a few B. anthracis strains phylogenetically distant from Zambian strains. The structure of bacitracin resistance genes flanked by rRNA operons was conserved only in members of the Bacillus cereus group. The diversity and genomic characteristics of B. anthracis strains determined in this study would help in the development of genetic markers and treatment of anthrax in Zambia. IMPORTANCE Anthrax is caused by Bacillus anthracis, an endospore-forming soil bacterium. The genetic diversity of B. anthracis is known to be low compared with that of Bacillus species. In this study, we performed whole-genome sequencing of Zambian isolates of B. anthracis to understand the genetic diversity between closely related strains. Comparison of genomic sequences revealed that closely related strains were separated into three groups based on single nucleotide polymorphisms distributed throughout the genome. A large genomic deletion was detected in the region containing a bacitracin resistance gene cluster flanked by rRNA operons, resulting in the loss of bacitracin resistance. The structure of the deleted region, which was also conserved among species of the Bacillus cereus group, has the potential for both deletion and amplification and thus might be enabling the species to flexibly control the level of bacitracin resistance for adaptive evolution. |
| Rights: | Copyright © 2018 Furuta et al. | | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| Type: | article |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2115/72165 |
| Appears in Collections: | 人獣共通感染症国際共同研究所 (International Institute for Zoonosis Control) > 雑誌発表論文等 (Peer-reviewed Journal Articles, etc)
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Submitter: 古田 芳一
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