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Error-prone and error-free DNA damage repair responses that are induced in most bacteria after exposure to various chemicals, antibiotics or radiation sources were surveyed across the genus . The error-prone SOS mutagenesis response occurs when DNA damage induces a cell’s - or -encoded error-prone polymerases. The model strain ADP1 possesses an unusual, regulatory allele () with an extended 5′ region and only incomplete fragments of . Diverse species were investigated for the presence of and their ability to conduct UV-induced mutagenesis. Unlike ADP1, most strains possessed multiple loci containing either or a allele resembling that of . The nearly omnipresent allele was the ancestral in , with horizontal gene transfer accounting for over half of the operons. Despite multiple () operons in many strains, only three species conducted UV-induced mutagenesis: , and . The type of locus or mutagenesis phenotype a strain possessed was not correlated with its error-free response of survival after UV exposure, but similar diversity was apparent. The survival of 30 strains after UV treatment ranged over five orders of magnitude, with the (Acb) complex and haemolytic strains having lower survival than non-Acb or non-haemolytic strains. These observations demonstrate that a genus can possess a range of DNA damage response mechanisms, and suggest that DNA damage-induced mutation could be an important part of the evolution of the emerging pathogens and .

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