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Subtyping of Campylobacter jejuni ssp. doylei Isolates Using Mass Spectrometry-based PhyloProteomics (MSPP)
Published on: October 30, 2016
La secuencia del genoma del patógeno transmitido por los alimentos Campylobacter jejuni revela secuencias
J Parkhill1, B W Wren, K Mungall
1The Sanger Centre, The Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK.
Nature
|February 25, 2000
Resumen
Campylobacter jejuni, una de las principales causas de enfermedades transmitidas por los alimentos y el síndrome de Guillain-Barré, ha tenido su genoma secuenciado. El análisis reveló características únicas, incluidas secuencias hipervariables que podrían ayudar a su supervivencia.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Microbiología Microbiología.
- La genómica es la genómica.
- Las proteobacterias son proteobacterias.
Sus antecedentes:
- Campylobacter jejuni es una bacteria flagelada Gram-negativa.
- Es la principal causa de enfermedades diarreicas bacterianas transmitidas por los alimentos a nivel mundial.
- La infección por C. jejuni es el antecedente más común del síndrome de Guillain-Barré.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para reportar la secuencia del genoma de Campylobacter jejuni NCTC11168.8.
- Para identificar las características genómicas únicas de C. jejuni.
Principales métodos:
- Secuenciación del genoma completo de C. jejuni NCTC11168.8.
- Análisis bioinformático de la secuencia del genoma.
Principales resultados:
- El genoma de C. jejuni es un cromosoma circular de 1.641.481 pares de bases.
- El genoma codifica 1.654 proteínas y 54 especies estables de ARN.
- Los hallazgos notables incluyen la falta de secuencias de inserción / fagos y la presencia de secuencias hipervariables (tratos homopoliméricos) en genes relacionados con estructuras superficiales.
Conclusiones:
- El genoma de C. jejuni exhibe características inusuales, en particular secuencias hipervariables.
- La alta tasa de variación en los tractos homopoliméricos puede ser crucial para la estrategia de supervivencia de C. jejuni.
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