Mobile genetic elements drive antimicrobial resistance gene spread in Pasteurellaceae species
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Journal Article
Abstract
Mobile genetic elements (MGEs) and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) drive important ecological relationships in microbial communities and pathogen-host interaction. In this study, we investigated the resistome-associated mobilome in 345 publicly available Pasteurellaceae genomes, a large family of Gram-negative bacteria including major human and animal pathogens. We generated a comprehensive dataset of the mobilome integrated into genomes, including 10,820 insertion sequences, 2,939 prophages, and 43 integrative and conjugative elements. Also, we assessed plasmid sequences of Pasteurellaceae. Our findings greatly expand the diversity of MGEs for the family, including a description of novel elements. We discovered that MGEs are comparable and dispersed across species and that they also co-occur in genomes, contributing to the family's ecology via gene transfer. In addition, we investigated the impact of these elements in the dissemination and shaping of AMR genes. A total of 55 different AMR genes were mapped to 721 locations in the dataset. MGEs are linked with 77.6% of AMR genes discovered, indicating their important involvement in the acquisition and transmission of such genes. This study provides an uncharted view of the Pasteurellaceae by demonstrating the global distribution of resistance genes linked with MGEs.
Date Issued
2022-01-06
Date Acceptance
2021-11-10
Citation
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022, 12, pp.1-14
ISSN
1664-302X
Publisher
Frontiers Media
Start Page
1
End Page
14
Journal / Book Title
Frontiers in Microbiology
Volume
12
Copyright Statement
© 2022 da Silva, Gonçalves, Rosa, França, Bossé, Santana, Langford and Bazzolli. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
Sponsor
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Identifier
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2021.773284/full
Grant Number
BB/S002103/1
BB/S020543/1
BB/S019901/1
BB/S020543/1
Subjects
0502 Environmental Science and Management
0503 Soil Sciences
0605 Microbiology
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
773284
Date Publish Online
2022-01-06