Title
Genomic Characterization of Campylobacter jejuni Adapted to the Guinea Pig (Cavia porcellus) Host
Date Issued
18 March 2021
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Frontiers Media S.A.
Abstract
Campylobacter jejuni is the leading bacterial cause of gastroenteritis worldwide with excessive incidence in low-and middle-income countries (LMIC). During a survey for C. jejuni from putative animal hosts in a town in the Peruvian Amazon, we were able to isolate and whole genome sequence two C. jejuni strains from domesticated guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus). The C. jejuni isolated from guinea pigs had a novel multilocus sequence type that shared some alleles with other C. jejuni collected from guinea pigs. Average nucleotide identity and phylogenetic analysis with a collection of C. jejuni subsp. jejuni and C. jejuni subsp. doylei suggest that the guinea pig isolates are distinct. Genomic comparisons demonstrated gene gain and loss that could be associated with guinea pig host specialization related to guinea pig diet, anatomy, and physiology including the deletion of genes involved with selenium metabolism, including genes encoding the selenocysteine insertion machinery and selenocysteine-containing proteins.
Volume
11
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Biología celular, Microbiología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85103537520
PubMed ID
Source
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
Sponsor(s)
Funding was obtained from the University of Virginia, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (OPP1066146) and from the Sherrilyn and Ken Fischer Center for Environmental Infectious Diseases at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine to MK. This research was also supported in part by USDA-ARS CRIS project 5325-42000-051-00D. No funding agency had any role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
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