Article ; Online: Novel Putative Transposable Element Associated with the Subtype E5 Botulinum Toxin Gene Cluster of Neurotoxigenic Clostridium butyricum Type E Strains from China
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Vol 23, Iss 906, p
2022 Volume 906
Abstract: Previously, a whole-genome comparison of three Clostridium butyricum type E strains from Italy and the United States with different C. botulinum type E strains indicated that the bont / e gene might be transferred between the two clostridia species ... ...
Abstract | Previously, a whole-genome comparison of three Clostridium butyricum type E strains from Italy and the United States with different C. botulinum type E strains indicated that the bont / e gene might be transferred between the two clostridia species through transposition. However, transposable elements (TEs) have never been identified close to the bont / e gene. Herein, we report the whole genome sequences for four neurotoxigenic C. butyricum type E strains that originated in China. An analysis of the obtained genome sequences revealed the presence of a novel putative TE upstream of the bont / e gene in the genome of all four strains. Two strains of environmental origin possessed an additional copy of the putative TE in their megaplasmid. Similar putative TEs were found in the megaplasmids and, less frequently, in the chromosomes of several C. butyricum strains, of which two were neurotoxigenic C. butyricum type E strains, and in the chromosome of a single C. botulinum type E strain. We speculate that the putative TE might potentially transpose the bont / e gene at the intracellular and inter-cellular levels. However, the occasional TE occurrence in the clostridia genomes might reflect rare transposition events. |
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Keywords | Clostridium butyricum ; Clostridium botulinum ; whole genome sequence ; botulinum neurotoxin gene cluster ; transposable elements ; Biology (General) ; QH301-705.5 ; Chemistry ; QD1-999 |
Language | English |
Publishing date | 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z |
Publisher | MDPI AG |
Document type | Article ; Online |
Database | BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (life sciences selection) |
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