| Title: | Recombination drives evolution of the Clostridium difficile 16S-23S rRNA intergenic spacer region |
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| Authors: | ID Janežič, Sandra (Author)
ID Indra, Alexander (Author)
ID Rattei, Thomas (Author)
ID Weinmaier, Thomas (Author)
ID Rupnik, Maja (Author) |
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| Files: |  PLoS_ONE_2014_Janezic_et_al._Recombination_Drives_Evolution_of_the_Clostridium_difficile_16S-23S_rRNA_Intergenic_Spacer_Region.PDF (846,32 KB)
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 http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0106545
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| Language: | English |
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| Work type: | Scientific work |
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| Typology: | 1.01 - Original Scientific Article |
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| Organization: | MF - Faculty of Medicine
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| Abstract: | PCR-ribotyping, a typing method based on size variation in 16S-23S rRNA intergenic spacer region (ISR), has been used widely for molecular epidemiological investigations of C. difficile infections. In the present study, we describe the sequence diversity of ISRs from 43 C. difficile strains, representing different PCR-ribotypes and suggest homologous recombination as a possible mechanism driving the evolution of 16S-23S rRNA ISRs. ISRs of 45 different lengths (ranging from 185 bp to 564 bp) were found among 458 ISRs. All ISRs could be described with one of the 22 different structural groups defined by the presence or absence of different sequence modules; tRNAAla genes and different combinations of spacers of different lengths (33 bp, 53 bp or 20 bp) and 9 bp direct repeats separating the spacers. The ISR structural group, in most cases, coincided with the sequence length. ISRs that were of the same lengths had also very similar nucleotide sequence, suggesting that ISRs were not suitable for discriminating between different strains based only on the ISR sequence. Despite large variations in the length, the alignment of ISR sequences, based on the primary sequence and secondary structure information, revealed many conserved regions which were mainly involved in maturation of pre-rRNA. Phylogenetic analysis of the ISR alignment yielded strong evidence for intra- and inter-homologous recombination which could be one of the mechanisms driving the evolution of C. difficile 16S-23S ISRs. The modular structure of the ISR, the high sequence similarities of ISRs of the same sizes and the presence of homologous recombination also suggest that different copies of C. difficile 16S-23S rRNA ISR are evolving in concert |
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| Keywords: | clostridium difficile, sequence analysis, ribosomal RNS |
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| Publication status: | Published |
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| Publication version: | Version of Record |
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| Year of publishing: | 2014 |
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| Number of pages: | str. 1-9 |
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| Numbering: | Letn. 9, št. 9 |
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| PID: | 20.500.12556/DKUM-66292  |
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| ISSN: | 1932-6203 |
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| UDC: | 579.852.13 |
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| ISSN on article: | 1932-6203 |
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| COBISS.SI-ID: | 512430648 |
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| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0106545 |
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| NUK URN: | URN:SI:UM:DK:GLFRQDWJ |
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| Publication date in DKUM: | 19.06.2017 |
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