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Kiu, Raymond, Sim, Kathleen, Shaw, Alex, Cornwell, Emma, Pickard, Derek, Kroll, J. Simon and Hall, Lindsay J. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8938-5709
(2019)
Genomic analysis of Clostridium perfringens BEC/CPILE-positive, toxinotype D and E strains isolated from healthy children.
Toxins, 11 (9).
ISSN 2072-6651
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Abstract
Clostridium perfringens toxinotype D, toxinotype E, and gastroenteritis-linked BEC/CPILE-positive strains have never been reported in healthy children. We isolated, whole-genome sequenced and bioinformatically characterised three C. perfringens isolates-type D (IQ1), type E (IQ2) and BEC/CPILE-positive (IQ3), recovered from the stools of three healthy two-year-olds, which were further compared to 128 C. perfringens genomes available from NCBI. The analysis uncovered a previously under-described putative toxin gene alv (alveolysin) encoded by isolates IQ2 and IQ3, which appeared to be a clade-specific trait associated with strains from domestic animals. A plasmid analysis indicated that the iota-toxin was encoded on a near-intact previously described plasmid pCPPB-1 in type E strain IQ2. The BEC genes becA and becB were carried on a near-identical pCPOS-1 plasmid previously associated with Japanese gastroenteritis outbreaks. Furthermore, a close phylogenetic relatedness was inferred between the French C. perfringens type E isolates cp515.17 and newly sequenced IQ2, suggesting geographical links. This study describes novel C. perfringens isolates from healthy individuals which encode important toxin genes, indicating the potential spread of these veterinary and clinically important strains and mobile genetic elements, and highlights areas for future research.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | clostridium perfringens,epsilon toxin,iota toxin,whole genome sequencing,infants,binary toxins,genome analysis,epsilon-toxin,perfringolysin-o,enterotoxin,plasmids,colonization,pneumolysin,alveolysin,diversity,algorithm |
| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 30 Sep 2022 12:31 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Oct 2022 13:32 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/88740 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/toxins11090543 |
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