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Qian C, Ma J, Liang J, Zhang L, Liang X. Comprehensive deciphering prophages in genus Acetobacter on the ecology, genomic features, toxin–antitoxin system, and linkage with CRISPR-Cas system. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:951030. [PMID: 35983328 PMCID: PMC9379143 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.951030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2022] [Accepted: 07/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Acetobacter is the predominant microbe in vinegar production, particularly in those natural fermentations that are achieved by complex microbial communities. Co-evolution of prophages with Acetobacter, including integration, release, and dissemination, heavily affects the genome stability and production performance of industrial strains. However, little has been discussed yet about prophages in Acetobacter. Here, prophage prediction analysis using 148 available genomes from 34 Acetobacter species was carried out. In addition, the type II toxin–antitoxin systems (TAs) and CRISPR-Cas systems encoded by prophages or the chromosome were analyzed. Totally, 12,000 prophage fragments were found, of which 350 putatively active prophages were identified in 86.5% of the selected genomes. Most of the active prophages (83.4%) belonged to the order Caudovirales dominated by the families Siphoviridae and Myroviridae prophages (71.4%). Notably, Acetobacter strains survived in complex environments that frequently carried multiple prophages compared with that in restricted habits. Acetobacter prophages showed high genome diversity and horizontal gene transfer across different bacterial species by genomic feature characterization, average nucleotide identity (ANI), and gene structure visualization analyses. About 31.14% of prophages carry type II TAS, suggesting its important role in addiction, bacterial defense, and growth-associated bioprocesses to prophages and hosts. Intriguingly, the genes coding for Cse1, Cse2, Cse3, Cse4, and Cas5e involved in type I-E and Csy4 involved in type I-F CRISPR arrays were firstly found in two prophages. Type II-C CRISPR-Cas system existed only in Acetobacter aceti, while the other Acetobacter species harbored the intact or eroded type I CRISPR-Cas systems. Totally, the results of this study provide fundamental clues for future studies on the role of prophages in the cell physiology and environmental behavior of Acetobacter.
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Omata K, Hibi N, Nakano S, Komoto S, Sato K, Nunokawa K, Amano S, Ueda K, Takano H. Distribution and genome structures of temperate phages in acetic acid bacteria. Sci Rep 2021; 11:21567. [PMID: 34732777 PMCID: PMC8566455 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-00998-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2021] [Accepted: 10/19/2021] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Acetic acid bacteria (AAB) are industrial microorganisms used for vinegar fermentation. Herein, we investigated the distribution and genome structures of mitomycin C-inducible temperate phages in AAB. Transmission electron microscopy analysis revealed phage-like particles in 15 out of a total 177 acetic acid bacterial strains, all of which showed morphology similar to myoviridae-type phage. The complete genome sequences of the six phages derived from three strains each of Acetobacter and Komagataeibacter strains were determined, harboring a genome size ranging from 34,100 to 53,798 bp. A phage AP1 from A. pasteurianus NBRC 109446 was predicted as an active phage based on the genomic information, and actually had the ability to infect its phiAP1-cured strain. The attachment sites for phiAP1 were located in the 3'-end region of the tRNAser gene. We also developed a chromosome-integrative vector, p2096int, based on the integrase function of phiAP1, and it was successfully integrated into the attachment site of the phiAP1-cured strain, which may be used as a valuable tool for the genetic engineering. Overall, this study showed the distribution of mitomycin C-inducible temperate phages in AAB, and identified the active temperate phage o f A. pasteurianus.
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- Koki Omata
- Life Science Research Center, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Life Science Research Center, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Life Science Research Center, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Life Science Research Center, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Life Science Research Center, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Life Science Research Center, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, Kanagawa, Japan.
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Kumar S, Stecher G, Li M, Knyaz C, Tamura K. MEGA X: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis across Computing Platforms. Mol Biol Evol 2018; 35:1547-1549. [PMID: 29722887 DOI: 10.1007/0-387-30745-1_9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023] Open
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The Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis (Mega) software implements many analytical methods and tools for phylogenomics and phylomedicine. Here, we report a transformation of Mega to enable cross-platform use on Microsoft Windows and Linux operating systems. Mega X does not require virtualization or emulation software and provides a uniform user experience across platforms. Mega X has additionally been upgraded to use multiple computing cores for many molecular evolutionary analyses. Mega X is available in two interfaces (graphical and command line) and can be downloaded from www.megasoftware.net free of charge.
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- Sudhir Kumar
- Institute for Genomics and Evolutionary Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
- Department of Biology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
- Center for Excellence in Genome Medicine and Research, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Institute for Genomics and Evolutionary Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
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- Institute for Genomics and Evolutionary Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
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- Institute for Genomics and Evolutionary Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
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- Research Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji, Japan
- Department of Biological Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji, Japan
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Philippe C, Krupovic M, Jaomanjaka F, Claisse O, Petrel M, le Marrec C. Bacteriophage GC1, a Novel Tectivirus Infecting Gluconobacter Cerinus, an Acetic Acid Bacterium Associated with Wine-Making. Viruses 2018; 10:v10010039. [PMID: 29337868 PMCID: PMC5795452 DOI: 10.3390/v10010039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2017] [Revised: 01/05/2018] [Accepted: 01/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The Gluconobacter phage GC1 is a novel member of the Tectiviridae family isolated from a juice sample collected during dry white wine making. The bacteriophage infects Gluconobacter cerinus, an acetic acid bacterium which represents a spoilage microorganism during wine making, mainly because it is able to produce ethyl alcohol and transform it into acetic acid. Transmission electron microscopy revealed tail-less icosahedral particles with a diameter of ~78 nm. The linear double-stranded DNA genome of GC1 (16,523 base pairs) contains terminal inverted repeats and carries 36 open reading frames, only a handful of which could be functionally annotated. These encode for the key proteins involved in DNA replication (protein-primed family B DNA polymerase) as well as in virion structure and assembly (major capsid protein, genome packaging ATPase (adenosine triphosphatase) and several minor capsid proteins). GC1 is the first tectivirus infecting an alphaproteobacterial host and is thus far the only temperate tectivirus of gram-negative bacteria. Based on distinctive sequence and life-style features, we propose that GC1 represents a new genus within the Tectiviridae, which we tentatively named “Gammatectivirus”. Furthermore, GC1 helps to bridge the gap in the sequence space between alphatectiviruses and betatectiviruses.
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- Cécile Philippe
- Institut des Sciences de la Vigne et du Vin (ISVV), University Bordeaux, Equipe d'Accueil 4577, Unité de Recherche Oenologie, 33882 Villenave d'Ornon, France.
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- Department of Microbiology, Institut Pasteur, 75015 Paris, France.
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- Institut des Sciences de la Vigne et du Vin (ISVV), University Bordeaux, Equipe d'Accueil 4577, Unité de Recherche Oenologie, 33882 Villenave d'Ornon, France.
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- Institut des Sciences de la Vigne et du Vin (ISVV), University Bordeaux, Equipe d'Accueil 4577, Unité de Recherche Oenologie, 33882 Villenave d'Ornon, France.
- Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), ISVV, Unité Sous Contrat 1366 Oenologie, 33882 Villenave d'Ornon, France.
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- Bordeaux Imaging Center, University Bordeaux, Unité Mixte de Service 3420 CNRS-Unité de Service 4, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, 33076 Bordeaux, France.
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- Institut des Sciences de la Vigne et du Vin (ISVV), University Bordeaux, Equipe d'Accueil 4577, Unité de Recherche Oenologie, 33882 Villenave d'Ornon, France.
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Transduction is the process in which bacterial DNA is transferred from one bacterial cell to another by means of a phage particle. There are two types of transduction, generalized transduction and specialized transduction. In this chapter two of the best-studied systems - Escherichia coli-phage P1, and Salmonella enterica-phage P22 - are discussed from theoretical and practical perspectives.
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- Anne Thierauf
- Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
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Waddell TE, Franklin K, Mazzocco A, Johnson RP. Preparation and characterization of anti-phage serum. Methods Mol Biol 2009; 501:287-292. [PMID: 19066828 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60327-164-6_24] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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This chapter describes a method for the generation of polyclonal antibodies against bacteriophages and how these may be assayed immunochemically and biologically.
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