Evolution of a vascular plant pathogen is associated with the loss of CRISPR-Cas and an increase in genome plasticity and virulence genes
Current Biology,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Фев. 1, 2025
Язык: Английский
Pipolins are bimodular platforms that maintain a reservoir of defense systems exchangeable with various bacterial genetic mobile elements
Nucleic Acids Research,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Сен. 26, 2024
Abstract
Defense
genes
gather
in
diverse
types
of
genomic
islands
bacteria
and
provide
immunity
against
viruses
other
genetic
mobile
elements.
Here,
we
disclose
pipolins,
previously
found
bacterial
phyla
encoding
a
primer-independent
PolB,
as
new
category
widespread
defense
islands.
The
analysis
the
occurrence
structure
pipolins
revealed
that
they
are
commonly
integrative
elements
flanked
by
direct
repeats
Gammaproteobacteria
genomes,
mainly
Escherichia,
Vibrio
or
Aeromonas,
often
taking
up
known
integration
hotspots.
Remarkably,
integrase
dynamics
correlates
with
alternative
spots
enables
lifestyles,
from
to
mobilizable
plasmid
such
members
genera
Limosilactobacillus,
Pseudosulfitobacter
Staphylococcus.
Pipolins
harbor
minimal
core
large
cargo
module
enriched
for
factors.
In
addition,
weighted
gene
repertoire
relatedness
many
these
factors
actively
exchanged
These
findings
indicate
and,
potentially
islands,
act
orthogonal
reservoirs
genes,
transferable
immune
autonomous
MGEs,
suggesting
complementary
exchange
mechanisms
populations.
Язык: Английский
Pipolins are bimodular platforms that maintain a reservoir of defense systems exchangeable with various bacterial genetic mobile elements
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory),
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Май 22, 2024
ABSTRACT
Defense
genes
gather
in
diverse
types
of
genomic
islands
bacteria
and
provide
immunity
against
viruses
other
genetic
mobile
elements.
Here,
we
disclose
pipolins,
previously
found
bacterial
phyla
encoding
a
primer-independent
PolB,
as
new
category
widespread
defense
islands.
The
analysis
the
occurrence
structure
pipolins
revealed
that
they
are
commonly
integrative
elements
flanked
by
direct
repeats
Gammaproteobacteria
genomes,
mainly
Escherichia
,
Vibrio
or
Aeromonas
often
taking
up
known
integration
hotspots.
Remarkably,
integrase
dynamics
correlates
with
alternative
spots
enables
lifestyles,
from
to
mobilizable
plasmid
such
members
genera
Limosilactobacillus
Pseudosulfitobacter
Staphylococcus
.
Pipolins
harbor
minimal
core
large
cargo
module
enriched
for
factors.
In
addition,
weighted
gene
repertoire
relatedness
many
these
factors
actively
exchanged
These
findings
indicate
and,
potentially
islands,
act
orthogonal
reservoirs
genes,
transferable
immune
autonomous
MGEs,
suggesting
complementary
exchange
mechanisms
populations.
Язык: Английский
The defensome of Acinetobacter baumannii reveals two genome groups according to their innate defense systems and phage profile
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory),
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Окт. 27, 2024
Abstract
Phages
are
guilty
of
killing
daily
almost
half
bacterial
cells,
while
bacteria
have
developed
defense
mechanisms
that
number
in
the
dozens.
Individual
systems
gained
and
lost
by
genomes
same
species,
depending
on
their
fitness
advantage.
Thus,
some
a
certain
combination
systems,
other
act
as
reservoir
for
rest
thus
constituting
so-called
pan-immune
system
species.
Here
we
analyzed
thousands
bacterium
Acinetobacter
baumannii
,
an
opportunistic
pathogen
humans
great
clinical
concern,
found
81
different
heterogeneously
distributed.
By
analyzing
how
these
combine,
more
than
lack
universal
DNA-methylating
restriction-modification
(R-M)
harbor
alternative
innate
SspBCDE
performs
DNA
phosphorothioate
modification.
In
addition,
adaptive
CRISPR-Cas
could
synergistically
to
R-M
based
frequency
co-appearance.
The
presence
one
or
modulate
evolution
this
causing
them
present
profile
phages
integrated
into
genome.
We
also
observed
many
is
associated
with
higher
prophages,
which
be
due
fact
prophage
carries
system,
would
not
need
environments
where
phage
absent.
Язык: Английский