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Abstract

The genome rearrangements in sequential clone K isolates from the airways of a patient with cystic fibrosis were determined by an integrated approach of mapping, sequencing and bioinformatics. Restriction mapping uncovered an 89 kb deletion of PAO sequence between and in clone K, and two 106 kb insertions either adjacent to this deletion or several hundred kilobases away, close to the locus. These 106 kb blocks of extra DNA also co-existed as the circular plasmid pKLK106 in several clone K isolates and were found to be closely related to plasmid pKLC102 in clone C isolates. The breakpoints of the deletion in clone K and the sequences for the reversible integration of the plasmid in clones C and K were located within the 3’ end of the lysine tRNA structural genes ( site). pKLK106 sequentially recombined with either of the two tRNA genes in clone K isolates. The site of the hypervariable region has been utilized by clone C to target its plasmid pKLC102 into the chromosome; the site of the region has been employed by strain PAO to incorporate a DNA block encoding pyocin, transposases and IS elements. The use of typical phage attachment sites by conjugative genetic elements could be one of the major mechanisms used by to generate the mosaic genome structure of blocks of species-, clone- and strain-specific DNA. The example described here demonstrates the potential impact of systematic genome analysis of sequential isolates from the same habitat on our understanding of the evolution of microbial genomes.

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