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Evidence of homologous recombination as a driver of diversity in Brachyspira pilosicoli

Evidence of homologous recombination as a driver of diversity in Brachyspira pilosicoli
Evidence of homologous recombination as a driver of diversity in Brachyspira pilosicoli
The enteric, pathogenic spirochaete Brachyspira pilosicoli colonizes and infects a variety of birds and mammals, including humans. However, there is a paucity of genomic data available for this organism. This study introduces 12 newly sequenced draft genome assemblies, boosting the cohort of examined isolates by fourfold and cataloguing the intraspecific genomic diversity of the organism more comprehensively. We used several in silico techniques to define a core genome of 1751 genes and qualitatively and quantitatively examined the intraspecific species boundary using phylogenetic analysis and average nucleotide identity, before contextualizing this diversity against other members of the genus Brachyspira. Our study revealed that an additional isolate that was unable to be species typed against any other Brachyspira lacked putative virulence factors present in all other isolates. Finally, we quantified that homologous recombination has as great an effect on the evolution of the core genome of the B. pilosicoli as random mutation (r/m=1.02). Comparative genomics has informed Brachyspira diversity, population structure, host specificity and virulence. The data presented here can be used to contribute to developing advanced screening methods, diagnostic assays and prophylactic vaccines against this zoonotic pathogen.
BACTERIA, bacterial evolution, microevolution, zoonosis, Homologous recombination, genomics
2057-5858
1-15
Pandey, Anish
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Humbert, Maria
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Christodoulides, Myron
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Jackson, Alexandra Charlotte
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Passey, Jade
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La Ragione, Robert
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Hampson, David
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Christodoulides, Myron
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Jackson, Alexandra Charlotte
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Passey, Jade
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La Ragione, Robert
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Hampson, David
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Pandey, Anish, Humbert, Maria, Christodoulides, Myron, Jackson, Alexandra Charlotte, Passey, Jade, La Ragione, Robert, Hampson, David and Cleary, David (2020) Evidence of homologous recombination as a driver of diversity in Brachyspira pilosicoli. Microbial Genomics, 1-15. (doi:10.1099/mgen.0.000470).

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The enteric, pathogenic spirochaete Brachyspira pilosicoli colonizes and infects a variety of birds and mammals, including humans. However, there is a paucity of genomic data available for this organism. This study introduces 12 newly sequenced draft genome assemblies, boosting the cohort of examined isolates by fourfold and cataloguing the intraspecific genomic diversity of the organism more comprehensively. We used several in silico techniques to define a core genome of 1751 genes and qualitatively and quantitatively examined the intraspecific species boundary using phylogenetic analysis and average nucleotide identity, before contextualizing this diversity against other members of the genus Brachyspira. Our study revealed that an additional isolate that was unable to be species typed against any other Brachyspira lacked putative virulence factors present in all other isolates. Finally, we quantified that homologous recombination has as great an effect on the evolution of the core genome of the B. pilosicoli as random mutation (r/m=1.02). Comparative genomics has informed Brachyspira diversity, population structure, host specificity and virulence. The data presented here can be used to contribute to developing advanced screening methods, diagnostic assays and prophylactic vaccines against this zoonotic pathogen.

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Accepted/In Press date: 16 October 2020
e-pub ahead of print date: 11 November 2020
Published date: 11 November 2020
Keywords: BACTERIA, bacterial evolution, microevolution, zoonosis, Homologous recombination, genomics

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Local EPrints ID: 445219
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/445219
ISSN: 2057-5858
PURE UUID: aa76a89f-1a1e-421b-844a-ae96b77f82dd
ORCID for Maria Humbert: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-5728-6981
ORCID for Myron Christodoulides: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-9663-4731
ORCID for David Cleary: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-4533-0700

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Date deposited: 25 Nov 2020 17:32
Last modified: 17 Mar 2024 03:35

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Author: Anish Pandey
Author: Maria Humbert ORCID iD
Author: Alexandra Charlotte Jackson
Author: Jade Passey
Author: Robert La Ragione
Author: David Hampson
Author: David Cleary ORCID iD

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