Genome sequencing and analysis of a type A Clostridium perfringens isolate from a case of bovine clostridial abomasitis.
Clostridium perfringens is a common inhabitant of the avian and mammalian gastrointestinal tracts and can behave commensally or pathogenically. Some enteric diseases caused by type A C. perfringens, including bovine clostridial abomasitis, remain poorly understood. To investigate the potential basis...
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| author | Victoria J Nowell Andrew M Kropinski J Glenn Songer Janet I MacInnes Valeria R Parreira John F Prescott |
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| description | Clostridium perfringens is a common inhabitant of the avian and mammalian gastrointestinal tracts and can behave commensally or pathogenically. Some enteric diseases caused by type A C. perfringens, including bovine clostridial abomasitis, remain poorly understood. To investigate the potential basis of virulence in strains causing this disease, we sequenced the genome of a type A C. perfringens isolate (strain F262) from a case of bovine clostridial abomasitis. The ∼3.34 Mbp chromosome of C. perfringens F262 is predicted to contain 3163 protein-coding genes, 76 tRNA genes, and an integrated plasmid sequence, Cfrag (∼18 kb). In addition, sequences of two complete circular plasmids, pF262C (4.8 kb) and pF262D (9.1 kb), and two incomplete plasmid fragments, pF262A (48.5 kb) and pF262B (50.0 kb), were identified. Comparison of the chromosome sequence of C. perfringens F262 to complete C. perfringens chromosomes, plasmids and phages revealed 261 unique genes. No novel toxin genes related to previously described clostridial toxins were identified: 60% of the 261 unique genes were hypothetical proteins. There was a two base pair deletion in virS, a gene reported to encode the main sensor kinase involved in virulence gene activation. Despite this frameshift mutation, C. perfringens F262 expressed perfringolysin O, alpha-toxin and the beta2-toxin, suggesting that another regulation system might contribute to the pathogenicity of this strain. Two complete plasmids, pF262C (4.8 kb) and pF262D (9.1 kb), unique to this strain of C. perfringens were identified. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9eafa3d1c66440ebbf635a2f110f01442022-12-22T00:47:56ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032012-01-0173e3227110.1371/journal.pone.0032271Genome sequencing and analysis of a type A Clostridium perfringens isolate from a case of bovine clostridial abomasitis.Victoria J NowellAndrew M KropinskiJ Glenn SongerJanet I MacInnesValeria R ParreiraJohn F PrescottClostridium perfringens is a common inhabitant of the avian and mammalian gastrointestinal tracts and can behave commensally or pathogenically. Some enteric diseases caused by type A C. perfringens, including bovine clostridial abomasitis, remain poorly understood. To investigate the potential basis of virulence in strains causing this disease, we sequenced the genome of a type A C. perfringens isolate (strain F262) from a case of bovine clostridial abomasitis. The ∼3.34 Mbp chromosome of C. perfringens F262 is predicted to contain 3163 protein-coding genes, 76 tRNA genes, and an integrated plasmid sequence, Cfrag (∼18 kb). In addition, sequences of two complete circular plasmids, pF262C (4.8 kb) and pF262D (9.1 kb), and two incomplete plasmid fragments, pF262A (48.5 kb) and pF262B (50.0 kb), were identified. Comparison of the chromosome sequence of C. perfringens F262 to complete C. perfringens chromosomes, plasmids and phages revealed 261 unique genes. No novel toxin genes related to previously described clostridial toxins were identified: 60% of the 261 unique genes were hypothetical proteins. There was a two base pair deletion in virS, a gene reported to encode the main sensor kinase involved in virulence gene activation. Despite this frameshift mutation, C. perfringens F262 expressed perfringolysin O, alpha-toxin and the beta2-toxin, suggesting that another regulation system might contribute to the pathogenicity of this strain. Two complete plasmids, pF262C (4.8 kb) and pF262D (9.1 kb), unique to this strain of C. perfringens were identified.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3297601?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Victoria J Nowell Andrew M Kropinski J Glenn Songer Janet I MacInnes Valeria R Parreira John F Prescott Genome sequencing and analysis of a type A Clostridium perfringens isolate from a case of bovine clostridial abomasitis. PLoS ONE |
| title | Genome sequencing and analysis of a type A Clostridium perfringens isolate from a case of bovine clostridial abomasitis. |
| title_full | Genome sequencing and analysis of a type A Clostridium perfringens isolate from a case of bovine clostridial abomasitis. |
| title_fullStr | Genome sequencing and analysis of a type A Clostridium perfringens isolate from a case of bovine clostridial abomasitis. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Genome sequencing and analysis of a type A Clostridium perfringens isolate from a case of bovine clostridial abomasitis. |
| title_short | Genome sequencing and analysis of a type A Clostridium perfringens isolate from a case of bovine clostridial abomasitis. |
| title_sort | genome sequencing and analysis of a type a clostridium perfringens isolate from a case of bovine clostridial abomasitis |
| url | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3297601?pdf=render |
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