Genomic Features of Environmental and Clinical Vibrio parahaemolyticus Isolates Lacking Recognized Virulence Factors Are Dissimilar

Author:

Ronholm J.1,Petronella N.2,Chew Leung C.1,Pightling A. W.1,Banerjee S. K.1

Affiliation:

1. Microbiology Research Division, Bureau of Microbial Hazards, Food Directorate, Health Products and Food Branch, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

2. Biostatistics and Modelling Division, Bureau of Food Surveillance and Science Integration, Food Directorate, Health Products and Food Branch, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Abstract

ABSTRACT Vibrio parahaemolyticus is a bacterial pathogen that can cause illness after the consumption or handling of contaminated seafood. The primary virulence factors associated with V. parahaemolyticus illness are thermostable direct hemolysin (TDH) and Tdh-related hemolysin (TRH). However, clinical strains lacking tdh and trh have recently been isolated, and these clinical isolates are poorly understood. To help understand the emergence of clinical tdh - and trh -negative isolates, a genomic approach was used to comprehensively compare 4 clinical tdh - and trh -negative isolates with 16 environmental tdh - and trh -negative isolates and 34 clinical isolates positive for tdh or trh , or both, with the objective of identifying genomic features that are unique to clinical tdh - and trh -negative isolates. The prevalence of pathogenicity islands (PAIs) common to clinical isolates was thoroughly examined in each of the clinical tdh - and trh -negative isolates. The tdh PAI was not present in any clinical or environmental tdh - and trh -negative isolates. The trh PAI was not present in any environmental isolates; however, in clinical tdh - and trh -negative isolate 10-4238, the majority of the trh PAI including a partial trh1 gene was present, which resulted in reclassification of this isolate as a tdh -negative and trh -positive isolate. In the other clinical tdh - and trh -negative isolates, neither the trh gene nor the trh PAI was present. We identified 862 genes in clinical tdh - and trh -negative isolates but not in environmental tdh - and trh -negative isolates. Many of these genes are highly homologous to genes found in common enteric bacteria and included genes encoding a number of chemotaxis proteins and a novel putative type VI secretion system (T6SS) effector and immunity protein (T6SS1). The availability of genome sequences from clinical V. parahaemolyticus tdh - and trh -negative isolates and the comparative analysis may help provide an understanding of how this pathotype is able to survive in vivo during clinical illness.

Funder

Gouvernement du Canada | Health Canada

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Ecology,Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology,Food Science,Biotechnology

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