Project description:Streptococcus agalactiae (group B Streptococcus [GBS]) is a human pathogen with a propensity to cause neonatal infections. We report the complete genome sequence of GBS strain CNCTC 10/84, a hypervirulent clinical isolate frequently used to study GBS pathogenesis. Comparative analysis of this sequence may shed light on novel pathogenic mechanisms.
Project description:Group B Streptococcus (GBS) strain CNCTC 10/84 was modified to have specific mutations to the cas9 gene: allelic exchange replacement with a chloramphenicol resistance marker (Cas9 knockout), D10A and H845A (catalytically inactive dCas9), or R1339A and R1441A (sCas9 unable to scan for protospacer adjacent motifs). Wild type (WT) and mutant strains were grown in biological triplicate samples and used for RNA purification at two growth timepoints: OD600=0.6 and OD600=1.2. Additionally, CNCTC 10/84 dCas9 and A909 dCas9 were transformed with p3015b expression plasmids expressing sgRNA cassettes designed to downregulate the cyl operon in CNCTC 10/84 dCas9 and the covR/covS two-component system in A909 dCas9. Triplicate samples were grown alongside control transformants bearing "sham" sgRNA plasmid. RNA was purified at OD600=1.2. All RNA samples were used for RNA-seq and subsequent bioinformatic analyses.
Project description:As part of a broader study to identify genes that contribute to fitness of the human pathobiont Streptococcus agalacitae (group B Streptococcus), we identified a GntR-class transcription factor, named mrvR, which contributes to bacterial persistence in human amniotic fluid and multipe virulence phenotypes. In order to understand the transcriptome of mrvR, whole-genome transcriptomic analysis was performed with wild type group B Streptococcus and an mrvR deletion mutant at three growth phases.
Project description:Genome-wide transcriptomic data from Streptococcus agalactiae strain CNCTC 10/84 wild type and an allelic exchange isogenic mutant lacking the GntR-class putative transcription factor mrvR
Project description:Transcriptome analysis of Streptococcus agalactiae (group B Streptococcus) grown under control conditions or coincubated with serine hydroxamate to induce the bacterial stringent response
Project description:Streptococcus agalactiae (Lancefield’s group B Streptococcus, GBS) is a major bacterial species of genus Streptococcus and has medical and veterinary importance by affecting mainly humans (Maione et al., 2005; Johri et al., 2006), cattle (Keefe, 1997) and fish (Mian et al., 2009). The GBS is the most important pathogen for the Nile tilapia, a global commodity of the aquaculture sector, causing outbreaks of septicemia and meningoencephalitis (Hernández et al., 2009; Mian et al., 2009). This study aimed to evaluate the global abundancy of proteins among the main genotypes of GBS isolated from fish identified in Brazil using a label free shotgun liquid chromatography-ultra definition mass spectrometry (LC-UDMSE) approach and to compare the differential expression of proteins identified between isolates from fish and human.
