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Ramdhan N, Blom J, Sutcliffe I, Pereira-Ribeiro P, Santos C, Mattos-Guaraldi A, Burkovski A, Sangal V. Genomic analysis of a novel nontoxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae strain isolated from a cancer patient. New Microbes New Infect 2019; 30:100544. [PMID: 31061711 PMCID: PMC6488682 DOI: 10.1016/j.nmni.2019.100544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2019] [Revised: 03/22/2019] [Accepted: 04/02/2019] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
Abstract
The genome of a novel nontoxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae, strain 5015, isolated from a patient with adenoid cystic carcinoma was sequenced and compared with 117 publically available genomes. This strain is phylogenetically distinct and lacks virulence genes encoding the toxin, BigA and Sdr-like adhesins. Strain 5015 possesses spaD-type and spaH-type pilus gene clusters with a loss of some gene functions, and 31 unique genes that need molecular characterization to understand their potential role in virulence characteristics.
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Affiliation(s)
- N.D. Ramdhan
- Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK
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- Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Justus-Liebig-Universität, Gießen, Germany
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- Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK
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- Laboratory of Diphtheria and Corynebacteria of Clinical Relevance-LDCIC, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Rio de Janeiro State University–UERJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Diphtheria and Corynebacteria of Clinical Relevance-LDCIC, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Rio de Janeiro State University–UERJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Diphtheria and Corynebacteria of Clinical Relevance-LDCIC, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Rio de Janeiro State University–UERJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Department of Microbiology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK
- Corresponding author: V. Sangal, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8ST, England, UK.
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Goodfellow M, Sangal V, Jones AL, Sutcliffe IC. Charting stormy waters: A commentary on the nomenclature of the equine pathogen variously namedPrescottella equi,Rhodococcus equiandRhodococcus hoagii. Equine Vet J 2015; 47:508-9. [DOI: 10.1111/evj.12399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- M. Goodfellow
- School of Biology; University of Newcastle; Newcastle upon Tyne UK
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- Faculty of Health and Life Sciences; Northumbria University; Newcastle upon Tyne UK
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- Faculty of Health and Life Sciences; Northumbria University; Newcastle upon Tyne UK
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- Faculty of Health and Life Sciences; Northumbria University; Newcastle upon Tyne UK
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