Author:
Haque Farhana,Jabeen Ishrat,Keya Chaman Ara,Shuvo Sabbir R.
Abstract
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<p>Heavy metal contamination of the environment is a primary concern in Bangladesh. This study aims to characterize a novel heavy metal tolerant strain, <italic>Bacillus anthracis</italic> FHq, isolated from the tannery effluents of Savar, Bangladesh. The strain could tolerate up to 5 mM of lead nitrate, 2.5 mM of sodium arsenate, chromium chloride, cobalt chloride, 1.5 mM cadmium acetate, and 1 mM of sodium arsenite. Whole-genome sequencing analysis revealed that the genome of the strain is around 5.2 Mbp long, and the G + C content is 35.4%. Besides, FHq has genes c<italic>adC, zntA, arsCR, czcD</italic>, and c<italic>hrA</italic>, which confer lead, arsenic, cobalt, and chromium resistance, respectively. A total of nineteen other closely related and completely sequenced <italic>B. anthracis</italic> strains were selected based on average nucleotide identity along with the FHq strain for phylogenomic and pan-genome analysis. The phylogenomic analysis predicted the inter-genomic evolutionary relationship of the strain isolated from Bangladesh, and it was closely related to a strain isolated from China. Pan-genome analysis revealed that the FHq strain possesses 6045 pan genes, 3802 core genes, and 152 unique genes in its genomic content. Hence, the genetic information and comparative analysis of the FHq strain might facilitate identifying the mechanisms conferring high resistance to lead in <italic>B. anthracis</italic> strains isolated from Bangladesh.</p>
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Publisher
American Institute of Mathematical Sciences (AIMS)
Subject
Microbiology (medical),Microbiology
Cited by
2 articles.
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