The Neisseria gonorrhoeae accessory genome and its association with the core genome and antimicrobial resistance
The bacterial accessory genome provides the genetic flexibility needed to facilitate environment and host adaptation. In Neisseria gonorrhoeae, known accessory elements include plasmids which can transfer and mediate antimicrobial resistance (AMR); however, chromosomal accessory genes could also pla...
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American Society for Microbiology
2022
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| author | de Korne-Elenbaas, J Bruisten, S van Dam, AP Maiden, MCJ Harrison, O |
| author_facet | de Korne-Elenbaas, J Bruisten, S van Dam, AP Maiden, MCJ Harrison, O |
| author_sort | de Korne-Elenbaas, J |
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| description | The bacterial accessory genome provides the genetic flexibility needed to facilitate environment and host adaptation. In Neisseria gonorrhoeae, known accessory elements include plasmids which can transfer and mediate antimicrobial resistance (AMR); however, chromosomal accessory genes could also play a role in AMR. Here, the gonococcal accessory genome was characterized using gene-by-gene approaches and its association with the core genome and AMR were assessed. The gonococcal accessory gene pool consisted of 247 genes, which were mainly genes located on large mobile genetic elements, phage associated genes, or genes encoding putative secretion systems. Accessory elements showed similar synteny across genomes, indicating either a predisposition for particular genomic locations or ancestral inheritance that are conserved during strain expansion. Significant associations were found between the prevalence of accessory elements and core genome multi-locus sequence types (cgMLST), consistent with a structured gonococcal population despite frequent horizontal gene transfer (HGT). Increased prevalence of putative DNA exchange regulators was significantly associated with AMR, which included a putative secretion system, methyltransferases and a toxin-antitoxin system. Although frequent HGT results in high genetic diversity in the gonococcus, we found that this is mediated by a small gene pool. In fact, a highly organized genome composition was identified with a strong association between the accessory and core genome. Increased prevalence of DNA exchange regulators in antimicrobial resistant isolates suggests that genetic material exchange plays a role in the development or maintenance of AMR. These findings enhance our understanding of gonococcal genome architecture and have important implications for gonococcal population biology.
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:62367ec1-cd07-497e-9f49-8acd78d3bd652022-07-06T08:43:59ZThe Neisseria gonorrhoeae accessory genome and its association with the core genome and antimicrobial resistanceJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:62367ec1-cd07-497e-9f49-8acd78d3bd65EnglishSymplectic ElementsAmerican Society for Microbiology2022de Korne-Elenbaas, JBruisten, Svan Dam, APMaiden, MCJHarrison, OThe bacterial accessory genome provides the genetic flexibility needed to facilitate environment and host adaptation. In Neisseria gonorrhoeae, known accessory elements include plasmids which can transfer and mediate antimicrobial resistance (AMR); however, chromosomal accessory genes could also play a role in AMR. Here, the gonococcal accessory genome was characterized using gene-by-gene approaches and its association with the core genome and AMR were assessed. The gonococcal accessory gene pool consisted of 247 genes, which were mainly genes located on large mobile genetic elements, phage associated genes, or genes encoding putative secretion systems. Accessory elements showed similar synteny across genomes, indicating either a predisposition for particular genomic locations or ancestral inheritance that are conserved during strain expansion. Significant associations were found between the prevalence of accessory elements and core genome multi-locus sequence types (cgMLST), consistent with a structured gonococcal population despite frequent horizontal gene transfer (HGT). Increased prevalence of putative DNA exchange regulators was significantly associated with AMR, which included a putative secretion system, methyltransferases and a toxin-antitoxin system. Although frequent HGT results in high genetic diversity in the gonococcus, we found that this is mediated by a small gene pool. In fact, a highly organized genome composition was identified with a strong association between the accessory and core genome. Increased prevalence of DNA exchange regulators in antimicrobial resistant isolates suggests that genetic material exchange plays a role in the development or maintenance of AMR. These findings enhance our understanding of gonococcal genome architecture and have important implications for gonococcal population biology. |
| spellingShingle | de Korne-Elenbaas, J Bruisten, S van Dam, AP Maiden, MCJ Harrison, O The Neisseria gonorrhoeae accessory genome and its association with the core genome and antimicrobial resistance |
| title | The Neisseria gonorrhoeae accessory genome and its association with the core genome and antimicrobial resistance |
| title_full | The Neisseria gonorrhoeae accessory genome and its association with the core genome and antimicrobial resistance |
| title_fullStr | The Neisseria gonorrhoeae accessory genome and its association with the core genome and antimicrobial resistance |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Neisseria gonorrhoeae accessory genome and its association with the core genome and antimicrobial resistance |
| title_short | The Neisseria gonorrhoeae accessory genome and its association with the core genome and antimicrobial resistance |
| title_sort | neisseria gonorrhoeae accessory genome and its association with the core genome and antimicrobial resistance |
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