Complete genome sequence and analysis of Wolinella succinogenes

Claudia Baar, Mark Eppinger, Guenter Raddatz, Jörg Simon, Christa Lanz, Oliver Klimmek, Ramkumar Nandakumar, Roland Gross, Andrea Rosinus, Heike Keller, Pratik Jagtap, Burkhard Linke, Folker Meyer, Hermann Lederer, Stephan C. Schuster

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Abstract

To understand the origin and emergence of pathogenic bacteria, knowledge of the genetic inventory from their nonpathogenic relatives is a prerequisite. Therefore, the 2.11-megabase genome sequence of Wolinella succinogenes, which is closely related to the pathogenic bacteria Helicobacter pylori and Campylobacter jejuni, was determined. Despite being considered nonpathogenic to its bovine host, W. succinogenes holds an extensive repertoire of genes homologous to known bacterial virulence factors. Many of these genes have been acquired by lateral gene transfer, because part of the virulence plasmid pVir and an N-linked glycosylation gene cluster were found to be syntenic between C. jejuni and genomic islands of W. succinogenes. In contrast to other host-adapted bacteria, W. succinogenes does harbor the highest density of bacterial sensor kinases found in any bacterial genome to date, together with an elaborate signaling circuitry of the GGDEF family of proteins. Because the analysis of the W. succinogenes genome also revealed genes related to soil- and plant-associated bacteria such as the nif genes, W. succinogenes may represent a member of the epsilon proteobacteria with a life cycle outside its host.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)11690-11695
Number of pages6
JournalProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Volume100
Issue number20
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 30 2003

Keywords

  • Bacterial pathogenicity
  • Campylobacter
  • Epsilon proteobacteria
  • Helicobacter

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