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Low base-substitution mutation rate and predominance of insertion-deletion events in the acidophilic bacterium Acidobacterium capsulatum.


ABSTRACT: Analyses of spontaneous mutation have shown that total genome-wide mutation rates are quantitatively similar for most prokaryotic organisms. However, this view is mainly based on organisms that grow best around neutral pH values (6.0-8.0). In particular, the whole-genome mutation rate has not been determined for an acidophilic organism. Here, we have determined the genome-wide rate of spontaneous mutation in the acidophilic Acidobacterium capsulatum using a direct and unbiased method: a mutation-accumulation experiment followed by whole-genome sequencing. Evaluation of 69 mutation accumulation lines of Acapsulatum after an average of ~2900 cell divisions yielded a base-substitution mutation rate of 1.22 × 10-10 per site per generation or 4 × 10-4 per genome per generation, which is significantly lower than the consensus value (2.5-4.6 × 10-3) of mesothermophilic (~15-40°C) and neutrophilic (pH 6-8) prokaryotic organisms. However, the insertion-deletion rate (0.43 × 10-10 per site per generation) is high relative to the base-substitution mutation rate. Organisms with a similar effective population size and a similar expected effect of genetic drift should have similar mutation rates. Because selection operates on the total mutation rate, it is suggested that the relatively high insertion-deletion rate may be balanced by a low base-substitution rate in Acapsulatum, with selection operating on the total mutation rate.

SUBMITTER: Kucukyildirim S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8717266 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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