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Published on: May 23, 2021
[Association between phage-mediated shiga toxin and molecular distribution of CRISPR in Escherichia coli O26 ∶ H11 or
1Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China.
Abstract:
Objective: To investigate the association between phage-mediated shiga toxin and molecular distribution of CRISPR in Escherichia (E.) coli O26∶H11 or NM. Methods: A total of 135 E. coli O26 ∶ H11 or NM strains were collected from NCBI database. Software CRT and CRISPR Finder were used to extract CRISPR and Excel was used to assign the spacer of unique number and type CRISPR. And the relationship between CRISPR and stx phage was analyzed. Results: All the 135 E. coli O26 ∶ H11 or NM strains had the CRISPR. For CRISPR1, CRISPR2.1, CRISPR2.2 and CRISPR3-4, 19, 22, 1 and 1 subtypes were found, respectively. According to the four CRISPR sites, the strains could be divided into 40 subtypes. Stx-phage was only observed in the group C of CRISPR. Compared with E. coli of stx-phage negative, E. coli with stx-phage harbored more spacers. Conclusions: CRISPR loci was extensively existed in E. coli O26∶H11 or NM, and many subtypes were found in these strains. The presence of stx-phage was related to the molecular distribution of CRISPR in E. coli O26∶H11 or NM. CRISPR might be a valuable biomarker to identify strains with high virulent potential.
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