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Identification of Fatty Acids in Bacillus cereus
Published on: December 5, 2016
Diversity of Bacillus cereus sensu lato mobilome
Nancy Fayad1,2, Mireille Kallassy Awad2, Jacques Mahillon3
1Laboratory of Food and Environmental Microbiology, Earth and Life Institute, UCLouvain, Croix du Sud, 2 - L7.05.12, B-1348, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
Background:
Bacillus cereus sensu lato s.l.) is a group of bacteria displaying close phylogenetic relationships but a high ecological diversity. The three most studied species are Bacillus anthracis, Bacillus cereus sensu stricto and Bacillus thuringiensis. While some species are pathogenic to mammals or associated with food poisoning, Bacillus thuringiensis is a well-known entomopathogenic bacterium used as biopesticide worldwide. B. cereus s.l. also contains a large variety of mobile genetic elements (MGEs).
Results:
In this study, we detail the occurrence and plasmid vs. chromosome distribution of several MGEs in 102 complete and annotated genomes of B. cereus s.l. These MGEs include 16 Insertion Sequence (IS) families, the Tn3 family, 18 different Bacillus cereus repeats (BCRs) and 30 known group II introns.
Conclusions:
Our analysis not only shows the diversity of these MGEs among strains of the same species and between different species within the B. cereus s.l. group, but also highlights the potential impact of these elements on the plasticity of the plasmid pool, and the TEs (Transposable Elements) - species relationship within B. cereus s.l.
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