Whole genome analysis illustrates global clonal population structure of the ubiquitous dermatophyte pathogenTrichophyton rubrum

Author:

Persinoti Gabriela F.,Martinez Diego A.,Li Wenjun,Döğen Aylin,Billmyre R. Blake,Averette Anna,Goldberg Jonathan M.,Shea Terrance,Young Sarah,Zeng Qiandong,Oliver Brian G.,Barton Richard,Metin Banu,Hilmioğlu-Polat Süleyha,Ilkit MacitORCID,Gräser Yvonne,Martinez-Rossi Nilce M.ORCID,White Theodore C.,Heitman Joseph,Cuomo Christina A.ORCID

Abstract

AbstractDermatophytes include fungal species that infect humans, as well as those which also infect other animals or only grow in the environment. The dermatophyte speciesTrichophyton rubrumis a frequent cause of skin infection in immunocompetent individuals. While members of theT. rubrumspecies complex have been further categorized based on various morphologies, the population structure and ability to undergo sexual reproduction are not well understood. In this study, we analyze a large set ofT. rubrumandTrichophyton interdigitaleisolates to examine mating types, evidence of mating, and genetic variation. We find that nearly all isolates ofT. rubrumare of a single mating type, and that incubation withT. rubrummorphotypemegniniiisolates of the other mating type failed to induce sexual development. While the region around the mating type locus is characterized by a higher frequency of SNPs compared to other genomic regions, we find that the population is remarkably clonal, with highly conserved gene content, low levels of variation, and little evidence of recombination These results support a model of recent transition to asexual growth when this species specialized to growth on human hosts.Data access: Genome sequence data is available in NCBI under the Umbrella BioProject PRJNA186851.

Publisher

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

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