Identification, characterization, and phylogenetic analysis of eight new inducible prophages in Lactobacillus

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Lysogenic bacterial strains abound in the Lactobacillus genus and contain dormant prophages inserted within their genomes. To evaluate the prophage-induction potential of the Lactobacillus strains of six species, 142 randomly selected strains from these species were induced with Mitomycin C. Eight newly-induced phages were identified and found to be diverse in morphology. Among the six species assessed, Lactobacillus plantarum and Lactobacillus rhamnosus strains were generally insensitive to induction. The genomic characterizations of eight phages were performed via whole genome sequencing and protein prediction. Meanwhile, genome comparison of the induced phages and predicted prophages demonstrated that the prediction software PHASTER can accurately locate major prophage regions in Lactobacillus. A phylogenetic tree of the Lactobacillus phage population was constructed to obtain further insights into the clustering of individuals, two major groups were found, one of which consisted mostly of L. plantarum virulent phages, the other was represented by Lactobacillus casei/paracasei temperate phages. Finally, it was confirmed via genomic collinear analysis, which seven of the eight Lactobacillus temperate phages were newly discovered, and two Lactobacillus brevis temperate phages belonged to a novel lineage.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:286

Enthalten in:

Virus research - 286(2020) vom: 10. Sept., Seite 198003

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Pei, Zhangming [VerfasserIn]
Sadiq, Faizan Ahmed [VerfasserIn]
Han, Xiao [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Jianxin [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Hao [VerfasserIn]
Ross, R Paul [VerfasserIn]
Lu, Wenwei [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Wei [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Induction
Journal Article
Lactobacillus
New lineage
Phylogenetic analysis
Prophage
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Temperate phage

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Date Completed 16.07.2021

Date Revised 16.07.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.virusres.2020.198003

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NLM310323509