Investigations into genome diversity of Haemophilus influenzae using whole genome sequencing of clinical isolates and laboratory transformants

BMC Microbiology

Derek W Hood²  E Richard Moxon¹  Julian Parkhill³  Stephen D Bentley³  Peter M Power¹ 

[1] University of Oxford Department of Paediatrics, Medical Sciences Division, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK;Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK;Pathogen Genomics, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK

关键词: Transformation;    Population structure;    Genome sequence;    Haemophilus influenzae;   

Others  :  1144947
DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2180-12-273

 received in 2012-06-25, accepted in 2012-10-17,  发布年份 2012

【 摘 要 】

Background

Haemophilus influenzae is an important human commensal pathogen associated with significant levels of disease. High-throughput DNA sequencing was used to investigate differences in genome content within this species.

Results

Genomic DNA sequence was obtained from 85 strains of H. influenzae and from other related species, selected based on geographical site of isolation, disease association and documented genotypic and phenotypic differences. When compared by Mauve alignment these indicated groupings of H. influenzae that were consistent with previously published analyses; capsule expressing strains fell into two distinct groups and those of serotype b (Hib) were found in two closely positioned lineages. For 18 Hib strains representing both lineages we found many discrete regions (up to 40% of the total genome) displaying sequence variation when compared to a common reference strain. Evidence that this naturally occurring pattern of inter-strain variation in H. influenzae can be mediated by transformation was obtained through sequencing DNA obtained from a pool of 200 independent transformants of a recipient (strain Rd) using donor DNA from a heterologous Hib strain (Eagan).

Conclusion

Much of the inter-strain variation in genome sequence in H. influenzae is likely the result of inter-strain exchanges of DNA, most plausibly through transformation.

【 授权许可】

   
2012 Power et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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