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Influence of insertion sequences on population structure of phytopathogenic bacteria in the species complex Open Access

This article is part of the Microbial Evolution collection.

Abstract

species complex (RSSC) is a destructive group of plant pathogenic bacteria and the causative agent of bacterial wilt disease. Experimental studies have attributed RSSC virulence to insertion sequences (IS), transposable genetic elements which can both disrupt and activate host genes. Yet, the global diversity and distribution of RSSC IS are unknown. In this study, IS were bioinformatically identified in a diverse collection of 356 RSSC isolates representing five phylogenetic lineages and their diversity investigated based on genetic distance measures and comparisons with the ISFinder database. IS phylogenetic associations were determined based on their distribution across the RSSC phylogeny. Moreover, IS positions within genomes were characterised and their potential gene disruptions determined based on IS proximity to coding sequences. In total, we found 24732 IS belonging to eleven IS families and 26 IS subgroups with over half of the IS found in the megaplasmid. While IS families were generally widespread across the RSSC phylogeny, IS subgroups showed strong lineage-specific distributions and genetically similar bacterial isolates had similar IS contents. Similar associations with bacterial host genetic background were also observed with IS insertion positions which were highly conserved in closely related bacterial isolates. Finally, IS were found to disrupt genes with predicted functions in virulence, stress tolerance, and metabolism suggesting that they might be adaptive. This study highlights that RSSC insertion sequences track the evolution of their bacterial hosts potentially contributing to both intra- and inter-lineage genetic diversity.

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Keyword(s): diversity , insertion sequence , mobile genetic element , plant pathogenic bacterium , Ralstonia solanacearum and RSSC
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Influence of insertion sequences on population structure of phytopathogenic bacteria in the Ralstonia solanacearum species complex
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