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Improved molecular characterization of the complex reveals the prevalence of the kleboxymycin biosynthetic gene cluster Open Access

Abstract

As part of the ongoing studies with clinically relevant spp., we characterized the genomes of three clinical GES-5-positive ST138 strains originally identified as gene, average nucleotide identity and phylogenetic analyses showed the strains to be . Affiliation of the strains to ST138 led us to demonstrate that the current multi-locus sequence typing scheme for can be used to distinguish members of this genetically diverse complex of bacteria. The strains encoded the kleboxymycin biosynthetic gene cluster (BGC), previously only found in strains and one strain of . The finding of this BGC, associated with antibiotic-associated haemorrhagic colitis, in led us to carry out a wide-ranging study to determine the prevalence of this BGC in spp. Of 7170 publicly available genome sequences screened, 88 encoded the kleboxymycin BGC. All BGC-positive strains belonged to the complex, with strains of four (, , , ) of the six species of complex found to encode the complete BGC. In addition to being found in strains isolated from preterm infants, the BGC was found in and metagenome-assembled genomes recovered from neonates. Detection of the kleboxymycin BGC across the complex may be of clinical relevance and this cluster should be included in databases characterizing virulence factors, in addition to those characterizing BGCs.

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Keyword(s): antibiotic-associated haemorrhagic colitis , Klebsiella michiganensis , necrotizing enterocolitis , tilimycin and tillivaline
Funding
This study was supported by the:
  • Imperial Health Charity
    • Principle Award Recipient: PreethaShibu
  • Nottingham Trent University
    • Principle Award Recipient: LesleyHoyles
  • Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (Award BB/J004529/1)
    • Principle Award Recipient: LindsayJ Hall
  • Wellcome Trust (Award 100/974/C/13/Z)
    • Principle Award Recipient: LindsayJ Hall
  • Medical Research Council (Award MR/L01632X/1)
    • Principle Award Recipient: NotApplicable
© 2021 The Authors
  • This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. This article was made open access via a Publish and Read agreement between the Microbiology Society and the corresponding author’s institution.
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Improved molecular characterization of the Klebsiella oxytoca complex reveals the prevalence of the kleboxymycin biosynthetic gene cluster
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