Title
Sequencing of treponema pallidum subsp. Pallidum from isolate uz1974 using anti-treponemal antibodies enrichment: First complete whole genome sequence obtained directly from human clinical material
Date Issued
01 August 2018
Access level
open access
Resource Type
research article
Author(s)
Grillová L.
Giacani L.
Mikalová L.
Strouhal M.
Strnadel R.
Marra C.
Poveda L.
Russo G.
Čejková D.
Vašků V.
Oppelt J.
Šmajs D.
University of Washington
Abstract
Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum (TPA) is the infectious agent of syphilis, a disease that infects more than 5 million people annually. Since TPA is an uncultivable bacterium, most of the information on TPA genetics comes from genome sequencing and molecular typing studies. This study presents the first complete TPA genome (without sequencing gaps) of clinical isolate (UZ1974), which was obtained directly from clinical material, without multiplication in rabbits. Whole genome sequencing was performed using a newly developed Anti-Treponemal Antibody Enrichment technique combined with previously reported Pooled Segment Genome Sequencing. We identified the UW074B genome, isolated from a sample previously propagated in rabbits, to be the closest relative of the UZ1974 genome and calculated the TPA mutation rate as 2.8 x 10−10 per site per generation.
Volume
13
Issue
8
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Genética, Herencia
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85052138113
PubMed ID
Source
PLoS ONE
Sponsor(s)
This work was supported by the Grant Agency of the Czech Republic (GA17-25455S) and by the Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic (17-31333A) to DS. Sequencing of the UW074B strain was supported by grant R21AI094126 to LG. We acknowledge CF New Generation Sequencing Bioinformatics, supported by the CIISB research infrastructure (LM2015043 funded by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic), for their support with obtaining scientific data presented in this paper. Access to computing and storage facilities owned by parties and projects contributing to the National Grid Infrastructure MetaCentrum provided under the program "Projects of Large Research, Development, and Innovations Infrastructures" (CESNET LM2015042), is greatly appreciated. We thank Thomas Secrest (Secrest Editing, Ltd.) for his assistance with the English revision of the manuscript.
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