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On the origins of a Vibrio species.

Microbial ecology ·Vol. 59 ·No. 1 ·2010-01-00 ·Pages 1-13

Vesth T, Wassenaar TM, Hallin PF, Snipen L, Lagesen K, Ussery DW

Abstract

Thirty-two genome sequences of various Vibrionaceae members are compared, with emphasis on what makes V. cholerae unique. As few as 1,000 gene families are conserved across all the Vibrionaceae genomes analysed; this fraction roughly doubles for gene families conserved within the species V. cholerae. Of these, approximately 200 gene families that cluster on various locations of the genome are not found in other sequenced Vibrionaceae; these are possibly unique to the V. cholerae species. By comparing gene family content of the analysed genomes, the relatedness to a particular species is identified for two unspeciated genomes. Conversely, two genomes presumably belonging to the same species have suspiciously dissimilar gene family content. We are able to identify a number of genes that are conserved in, and unique to, V. cholerae. Some of these genes may be crucial to the niche adaptation of this species.

MeSH Terms
DNA Fingerprinting Evolution, Molecular Genome, Bacterial Phylogeny RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics Vibrio/classification,genetics Vibrio cholerae/classification,genetics Vibrionaceae/classification,genetics
Chemicals
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
Authors & Affiliations
6 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Vesth Tammi
Center for Biological Sequence Analysis, Department of Systems Biology, The Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.
Wassenaar Trudy M
Hallin Peter F
Snipen Lars
Lagesen Karin
Ussery David W
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Article Info
Journal
Microbial ecology
Abbr.
Microb Ecol
ISSN
1432-184X
DOI
10.1007/s00248-009-9596-7
Published
2010-01-00
Pages
1-13
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
7500663
PMCID
PMC2807590
Subset
IM
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