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Comparative Analysis of the Flavobacterium columnare Genomovar I and II Genomes.


ABSTRACT: Columnaris disease caused by Gram-negative rod Flavobacterium columnare is one of the most common diseases of catfish. F. columnare is also a common problem in other cultured fish species worldwide. F. columnare has three major genomovars; we have sequenced a representative strain from genomovar I (ATCC 49512, which is avirulent in catfish) and genomovar II (94-081, which is highly pathogenic in catfish). Here, we present a comparative analysis of the two genomes. Interestingly, F. columnare ATCC 49512 and 94-081 meet criteria to be considered different species based on the Average Nucleotide Identity (90.71% similar) and DNA-DNA Hybridization (42.6% similar). Genome alignment indicated the two genomes have a large number of rearrangements. However, function-based comparative genomics analysis indicated that the two strains have similar functional capabilities with 2,263 conserved orthologous clusters; strain ATCC 49512 has 290 unique orthologous clusters while strain 94-081 has 391. Both strains carry type I secretion system, type VI secretion system, and type IX secretion system. The two genomes also have similar CRISPR capacities. The F. columnare strain ATCC 49512 genome contains a higher number of insertion sequence families and phage regions, while the F. columnare strain 94-081 genome has more genomic islands and more regulatory gene capacity. Transposon mutagenesis using Tn4351 in pathogenic strain 94-081 yielded six mutants, and experimental infections of fish showed hemolysin and glycine cleavage protein mutants had 15 and 10% mortalities, respectively, while the wild-type strain caused 100% mortalities. Our comparative and mutational analysis yielded important information on classification of genomovars I and II F. columnare as well as potential virulence genes in F. columnare strain 94-081.

SUBMITTER: Kumru S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5524665 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Comparative Analysis of the <i>Flavobacterium columnare</i> Genomovar I and II Genomes.

Kumru Salih S   Tekedar Hasan C HC   Gulsoy Nagihan N   Waldbieser Geoffrey C GC   Lawrence Mark L ML   Karsi Attila A  

Frontiers in microbiology 20170725


Columnaris disease caused by Gram-negative rod <i>Flavobacterium columnare</i> is one of the most common diseases of catfish. <i>F. columnare</i> is also a common problem in other cultured fish species worldwide. <i>F. columnare</i> has three major genomovars; we have sequenced a representative strain from genomovar I (ATCC 49512, which is avirulent in catfish) and genomovar II (94-081, which is highly pathogenic in catfish). Here, we present a comparative analysis of the two genomes. Interestin  ...[more]

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