Project description:Burkholderia thailandensis is a soil-dwelling bacterium that shares many metabolic pathways with the ecologically similar, but evolutionarily distant, Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Among the diverse nutrients it can utilize is choline, which can be converted into the osmoprotectant glycine betaine and further catabolized as a source of carbon and nitrogen, similar to P. aeruginosa. Orthologs of genes in the choline catabolic pathway in these two bacteria showed distinct differences in gene arrangement as well as an additional orthologous transcriptional regulator in B. thailandensis. In this study, we showed that multiple glutamine amidotransferase1 (GATase1)-containing AraC-family transcription regulators (GATRs) are involved in regulation of the B. thailandensis choline catabolic pathway (gbdR1, gbdR2, souR). Using genetic analyses and sequencing the transcriptome in the presence and absence of choline, we identified the likely regulons of gbdR1 (BTH_II1869) and gbdR2 (BTH_II0968). We also identified a functional ortholog for P. aeruginosa souR, a GATR that regulates the metabolism of sarcosine to glycine. GbdR1 is absolutely required for expression of the choline catabolic locus, similar to P. aeruginosa GbdR, while GbdR2 is important to increase expression of the catabolic locus. Additionally, the B. thailandensis SouR ortholog (BTH_II0994) is required for catabolism of choline and its metabolites as carbon sources, whereas in P. aeruginosa, SouR function can by bypassed by GbdR. The strategy employed by B. thailandensis represents a distinct regulatory solution to control choline catabolism and thus provides both an evolutionary counterpoint and an experimental system to compare the acquisition and regulation of this pathway during environmental growth and infection.

2016-07-12 | GSE81652 | GEO

Genomic features and virulence characteristics of a rare Burkholderia thailandensis strain causing human infection

Project description:Introduction. Burkholderia thailandensis is a clinically rare opportunistic pathogen in the genus Burkholderia, and the genomic features and virulence characteristics of B. thailandensis strains that cause human infection remain unclear.Gap Statement. B. thailandensis strains with different virulence induce different host innate immune responses in vitro.Aim. This work aimed to understand the sequence diversity, phylogenetic relationship, and virulence of B. thailandensis BPM causing human infection.Methodology. The comparative molecular and genomic analyses, and mouse infection studies were applied to analyse the virulence and genomic features of B. thailandensis BPM originating from China.Results. The whole genome sequence analysis showed that the genomes of BPM and other avirulent B. thailandensis strains were broadly similar, comprising two highly syntenic chromosomes with comparable numbers of coding regions (CDs), protein family distributions, and horizontally acquired genomic islands. By examining species-specific genomic regions, we obtained molecular explanations for previously known differences in virulence and discovered the potential specific virulence-associated genes of BPM, which likely work together to confer the virulence of BPM. Significantly reduced LD50 and survival rates during mouse infection experiments were found in BPM compared to the avirulent B. thailandensis E264 (BtE264).Conclusion. Taken together, the results of this study provide basic information on the genomic features and virulence characteristics of the virulent B. thailandensis strain BPM, which is helpful for understanding its evolution as it relates to pathogenesis and environmental adaptability.

2021-02-15 | GSE147369 | GEO

B. thailandensis genes induced by subinhibitory concentration of glyphosate

Project description:Total transcript amplification (TTA) from single eukaryotic cells for transcriptome analysis is established, but TTA from a single prokaryotic cell presents additional challenges with much less starting material and lack of poly(A)-tails. We described, here, a novel method for single bacterium TTA, using a Burkholderia thailandensis model exposed to subinhibitory concentration of the antibacterial agent, glyphosate. Utilizing B. thialandensis microarray to assess the TTA method showed little gene bias (< 2 fold-change) and absence (~5-6%) when compared to the larger scale non-amplified RNA samples. B. thailandensis genes important to possibly recuperate and balance the intracellular amino acid pool were induced (or repressed) by the aromatic amino acid biosynthesis inhibitor, glyphosate. We validated our single-cell microarray data at the multi-cells and single-cell levels with lacZ and gfp reporter-gene fusions, respectively. This novel method will rejuvenate and expand the prokaryotic transcriptomic field. Two identical cultures of B. thailandensis wildtype strain E264 were grown in 1x M9 minimal medium supplemented with 1% Brij-58 and 20 mM glucose (MG) to mid-log phase. One culture was induced by final concentration of 0.01% (w/v) glyphosate for 30 minutes. Total RNA was then purified from B. thailandensis uninduced and induced samples, converted to cDNA and hybridized onto B. thailandensis 70mer triplicate array

2010-08-05 | E-GEOD-23419 | biostudies-arrayexpress

Weissella koreensis KACC 15510

Project description:Weissella koreensis KACC 15510 Genome sequencing project

| PRJNA67979 | ENA

Weissella hellenica strain:NBRC 15553

Project description:Weissella hellenica NBRC 15553 genome sequencing project

| PRJDB6035 | ENA

Weissella confusa strain:NBRC 106469

Project description:Weissella confusa NBRC 106469 genome sequencing project

| PRJDB6253 | ENA