a 2016

Complete genomes of ETA-converting bacteriophages isolated from impetigo strains of Staphylococcus aureus

BOTKA, Tibor, Vladislava RŮŽIČKOVÁ, Hana KONEČNÁ, Roman PANTŮČEK, Ivan RYCHLÍK et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Complete genomes of ETA-converting bacteriophages isolated from impetigo strains of Staphylococcus aureus

Edition

Viruses of Microbes 2016 - EMBO Conference Series, Liverpool, United Kingdom, 2016

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Konferenční abstrakt

Field of Study

Genetics and molecular biology

Country of publisher

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

Keywords in English

Staphylococcus; bacteriophage; Exfoliative toxin A; structure proteins; genome analysis,

Tags

International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 25/7/2016 10:23, Mgr. Tibor Botka, Ph.D.

Abstract

V originále

Exfoliative toxin A (ETA)-coding temperate bacteriophages are the main contributors to the toxic phenotype of impetigo strains of Staphylococcus aureus. Two eta gene-positive phages were isolated from S. aureus strains which were implicated in massive outbreaks of neonatal vesiculate infections in several Czech maternity hospitals. Phages designated phiB166 and phiB236 were characterized in detail to elucidate their genome diversity. Both the phages were able to incorporate their genomes into the chromosome of a prophageless S. aureus strain which afterwards converted into an exfoliative toxin A producer. Complete phage genome sequences were determined and annotated. Besides identification of all coding ORFs, promoters and intrinsic terminators were predicted. With respect to the functional genomic architecture, the genomes were divided into five regions. The comparative analysis revealed major variances between the phages. They differed in the genome size, number of open reading frames (ORFs) and genome architecture. Many non-homologous and unique sequences located in the genomes were identified. High mutual sequence similarity was detected only in the terminal region. In addition, proteomic analysis, based on the SDS-PAGE, showed major differences between capsid compounds. Conclusive sequence analyses revealed that phiB166 and phiB236 are not closely related to each other or to other previously reported eta or non eta phages. Sequences gained by possible recombination were identified in genomes of both phages. Thus, these phages represent the recent new lineages of as yet undescribed ETA-converting bacteriophages. Their genomic mosaicism reveals them as a fluid gene pool to confer new properties to co-replicating phages and also as mediators of the S. aureus pathogenicity.

Links

ED1.1.00/02.0068, research and development project
Name: CEITEC - central european institute of technology
GBP206/12/G151, research and development project
Name: Centrum nových přístupů k bioanalýze a molekulární diagnostice
NT12395, research and development project
Name: Molekulární průkaz a analýza invazivních kmenů small colony variants (SCV) a rezistentních kmenů S. aureus od pacientů s cystickou fibrózou