BOTKA, Tibor, Vladislava RŮŽIČKOVÁ, Karla SVOBODOVÁ, Petr PETRÁŠ and Darina ČEJKOVÁ. Analysis of new types of exfoliative toxin B-encoding plasmids carried by impetigo strains of Staphylococcus aureus. In Jan Škoda, Markéta Wayhelová, Dana Štveráková, Tomáš Buryška, Martin Benešík, Pavel Dvořák, Pavel Reichman. The Biomania Student Scientific Meeting 2017. Brno: Masaryk University, 2017, p. 74. ISBN 978-80-210-8737-8.
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Original name Analysis of new types of exfoliative toxin B-encoding plasmids carried by impetigo strains of Staphylococcus aureus
Authors BOTKA, Tibor, Vladislava RŮŽIČKOVÁ, Karla SVOBODOVÁ, Petr PETRÁŠ and Darina ČEJKOVÁ.
Edition Brno, The Biomania Student Scientific Meeting 2017, p. 74-74, 2017.
Publisher Masaryk University
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Original language English
Type of outcome Proceedings paper
Field of Study Genetics and molecular biology
Country of publisher Czech Republic
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
Publication form printed version "print"
Organization unit Faculty of Science
ISBN 978-80-210-8737-8
Keywords (in Czech) ETB plazmid; exfoliativní toxin B; fylogeneze; genomová analýza
Keywords in English ETB plasmid; exfoliative toxin B; phylogeny; genome analysis
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Abstract
Bullous impetigo and staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome are diseases caused by Staphylococcus aureus strains producing exfoliative toxins A and/or B. These toxins are encoded by prophages and plasmids, respectively. We analyzed a set of exfoliative toxin B-encoding plasmids (ETB plasmids) isolated from the impetigo strains implicated in outbreaks of epidermolytic diseases in several Czech maternity hospitals. Restriction endonuclease analysis, DNA sequencing and PCR typing, as well as bioinformatics tools were used for characterization and comparison of the plasmids. Most of them, similar to the archetypal plasmid pETBTY4, formed the main lineage. Sharing a same core sequence, they differed from each other by extra DNA content. The plasmids of this lineage were carried by strains of clonal complex CC121, often along with the prophages encoding exfoliative toxin A. From a prophageless strain, a novel plasmid carrying gene cluster for conjugation and new variants of virulence genes was isolated. It was characterized in detail and could be regarded as a source of a new lineage of ETB plasmids. Based on our findings, we have designed a helpful assay, which enables the precise detection of the novel gene variant for exfoliative toxin B, and facilitates the identification of all described ETB plasmid types. Identified sequence variations enable us to reveal the diversity of ETB plasmids, which are the substantial source of virulence factors in the population of impetigo S. aureus strains.
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QJ1510216, research and development projectName: Fágová terapie infekcí vyvolaných Staphylococcus aureus v chovech hospodářských zvířat (Acronym: StafyFag)
Investor: Ministry of Agriculture of the CR
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