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Multiphasic strain differentiation of atypical mycobacteria from elephant trunk wash.

ABSTRACT: Background. Two non-tuberculous mycobacterial strains, UM_3 and UM_11, were isolated from the trunk wash of captive elephants in Malaysia. As they appeared to be identical phenotypes, they were investigated further by conventional and whole genome sequence-based methods of strain differentiation. Methods. Multiphasic investigations on the isolates included species identification with hsp65 PCR-sequencing, conventional biochemical tests, rapid biochemical profiling using API strips and the Biolog Phenotype Microarray analysis, protein profiling with liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry, repetitive sequence-based PCR typing and whole genome sequencing followed by phylogenomic analyses. Results. The isolates were shown to be possibly novel slow-growing schotochromogens with highly similar biological and genotypic characteristics. Both strains have a genome size of 5.2 Mbp, G+C content of 68.8%, one rRNA operon and 52 tRNAs each. They qualified for classification into the same species with their average nucleotide identity of 99.98% and tetranucleotide correlation coefficient of 0.99999. At the subspecies level, both strains showed 98.8% band similarity in the Diversilab automated repetitive sequence-based PCR typing system, 96.2% similarity in protein profiles obtained by liquid chromatography mass spectrometry, and a genomic distance that is close to zero in the phylogenomic tree constructed with conserved orthologs. Detailed epidemiological tracking revealed that the elephants shared a common habitat eight years apart, thus, strengthening the possibility of a clonal relationship between the two strains.

SUBMITTER: Chan KG

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4647574 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Multiphasic strain differentiation of atypical mycobacteria from elephant trunk wash.

Chan Kok-Gan KG Loke Mun Fai MF Ong Bee Lee BL Wong Yan Ling YL Hong Kar Wai KW Tan Kian Hin KH Kaur Sargit S Ng Hien Fuh HF Abdul Razak Mfa M Ngeow Yun Fong YF

PeerJ 20151110

Background. Two non-tuberculous mycobacterial strains, UM_3 and UM_11, were isolated from the trunk wash of captive elephants in Malaysia. As they appeared to be identical phenotypes, they were investigated further by conventional and whole genome sequence-based methods of strain differentiation. Methods. Multiphasic investigations on the isolates included species identification with hsp65 PCR-sequencing, conventional biochemical tests, rapid biochemical profiling using API strips and the Biolog ...[more]

PMID: 26587340

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Multiphasic strain differentiation of atypical mycobacteria from elephant trunk wash.

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