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The genome sequence of the fish pathogen Aliivibrio salmonicida strain LFI1238 shows extensive evidence of gene decay

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Date
19/12/2008
Author
Hjerde, Erik
Lorentzen, Marit Sjo
Holden, Matthew T. G.
Seeger, Kathy
Paulsen, Steinar
Bason, Nathalie
Churcher, Carol
Harris, David
Norbertczak, Halina
Quail, Michael A.
Sanders, Suzanne
Thurston, Scott
Parkhill, Julian
Willassen, Nils Peder
Thomson, Nicholas R.
Keywords
Widespread colonization island
Bacterium vibrio-furnissii
Chitin-binding proteins
2 tonb systems
Salmo-salar l
Atlantic-salmon
Molecular-cloning
Escherichia-coli
Causative agent
Cholerae
QH426 Genetics
QL Zoology
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Abstract
Background: The fish pathogen Aliivibrio salmonicida is the causative agent of cold-water vibriosis in marine aquaculture. The Gram-negative bacterium causes tissue degradation, hemolysis and sepsis in vivo. Results: In total, 4 286 protein coding sequences were identified, and the 4.6 Mb genome of A. salmonicida has a six partite architecture with two chromosomes and four plasmids. Sequence analysis revealed a highly fragmented genome structure caused by the insertion of an extensive number of insertion sequence (IS) elements. The IS elements can be related to important evolutionary events such as gene acquisition, gene loss and chromosomal rearrangements. New A. salmonicida functional capabilities that may have been aquired through horizontal DNA transfer include genes involved in iron-acquisition, and protein secretion and play potential roles in pathogenicity. On the other hand, the degeneration of 370 genes and consequent loss of specific functions suggest that A. salmonicida has a reduced metabolic and physiological capacity in comparison to related Vibrionaceae species. Conclusion: Most prominent is the loss of several genes involved in the utilisation of the polysaccharide chitin. In particular, the disruption of three extracellular chitinases responsible for enzymatic breakdown of chitin makes A. salmonicida unable to grow on the polymer form of chitin. These, and other losses could restrict the variety of carrier organisms A. salmonicida can attach to, and associate with. Gene acquisition and gene loss may be related to the emergence of A. salmonicida as a fish pathogen.
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Hjerde , E , Lorentzen , M S , Holden , M T G , Seeger , K , Paulsen , S , Bason , N , Churcher , C , Harris , D , Norbertczak , H , Quail , M A , Sanders , S , Thurston , S , Parkhill , J , Willassen , N P & Thomson , N R 2008 , ' The genome sequence of the fish pathogen Aliivibrio salmonicida strain LFI1238 shows extensive evidence of gene decay ' , BMC Genomics , vol. 9 , 616 . https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-9-616
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BMC Genomics
Status
Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-9-616
ISSN
1471-2164
Type
Journal article
Rights
© 2008 Hjerde et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited
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This work was partly supported by grants from The Research Council of Norway and the University of Tromsø.
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http://hdl.handle.net/10023/4638

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