RRC ID 55809
著者 Nonaka L, Yamamoto T, Maruyama F, Hirose Y, Onishi Y, Kobayashi T, Suzuki S, Nomura N, Masuda M, Yano H.
タイトル Interplay of a non-conjugative integrative element and a conjugative plasmid in the spread of antibiotic resistance via suicidal plasmid transfer from an aquaculture Vibrio isolate.
ジャーナル PLoS One
Abstract The capture of antimicrobial resistance genes (ARGs) by mobile genetic elements (MGEs) plays a critical role in resistance acquisition for human-associated bacteria. Although aquaculture environments are recognized as important reservoirs of ARGs, intra- and intercellular mobility of MGEs discovered in marine organisms is poorly characterized. Here, we show a new pattern of interspecies ARGs transfer involving a 'non-conjugative' integrative element. To identify active MGEs in a Vibrio ponticus isolate, we conducted whole-genome sequencing of a transconjugant obtained by mating between Escherichia coli and Vibrio ponticus. This revealed integration of a plasmid (designated pSEA1) into the chromosome, consisting of a self-transmissible plasmid backbone of the MOBH group, ARGs, and a 13.8-kb integrative element Tn6283. Molecular genetics analysis suggested a two-step gene transfer model. First, Tn6283 integrates into the recipient chromosome during suicidal plasmid transfer, followed by homologous recombination between the Tn6283 copy in the chromosome and that in the newly transferred pSEA1. Tn6283 is unusual among integrative elements in that it apparently does not encode transfer function and its excision barely generates unoccupied donor sites. Thus, its movement is analogous to the transposition of insertion sequences rather than to that of canonical integrative and conjugative elements. Overall, this study reveals the presence of a previously unrecognized type of MGE in a marine organism, highlighting diversity in the mode of interspecies gene transfer.
巻・号 13(6)
ページ e0198613
公開日 2018-6-7
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0198613
PII PONE-D-17-39409
PMID 29879198
PMC PMC5991714
MeSH Aquaculture Aquatic Organisms / drug effects Aquatic Organisms / genetics Aquatic Organisms / physiology* Drug Resistance, Bacterial / genetics* Escherichia coli / drug effects Escherichia coli / genetics Escherichia coli / physiology* Gene Transfer, Horizontal R Factors / genetics* Vibrio / drug effects Vibrio / genetics Vibrio / physiology* Whole Genome Sequencing
IF 2.776
引用数 1
リソース情報
原核生物(大腸菌) W3110, BW25113, JW2669