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Genomic characterization of Streptococcus parasuis, a close relative of Streptococcus suis and also a potential opportunistic zoonotic pathogen

Authors :
Genglin Guo
Zhuohao Wang
Quan Li
Yanfei Yu
Yubao Li
Zhongming Tan
Wei Zhang
Source :
BMC Genomics, Vol 23, Iss 1, Pp 1-16 (2022)
Publication Year :
2022
Publisher :
BMC, 2022.

Abstract

Abstract Streptococcus parasuis (S. parasuis) is a close relative of Streptococcus suis (S. suis), composed of former members of S. suis serotypes 20, 22 and 26. S. parasuis could infect pigs and cows, and recently, human infection cases have been reported, making S. parasuis a potential opportunistic zoonotic pathogen. In this study, we analysed the genomic characteristics of S. parasuis, using pan-genome analysis, and compare some phenotypic determinants such as capsular polysaccharide, integrative conjugative elements, CRISPR-Cas system and pili, and predicted the potential virulence genes by associated analysis of the clinical condition of isolated source animals and genotypes. Furthermore, to discuss the relationship with S. suis, we compared these characteristics of S. parasuis with those of S. suis. We found that the characteristics of S. parasuis are similar to those of S. suis, both of them have “open” pan-genome, their antimicrobial resistance gene profiles are similar and a srtF pilus cluster of S. suis was identified in S. parasuis genome. But S. parasuis still have its unique characteristics, two novel pilus clusters are and three different type CRISPR-Cas system were found. Therefore, this study provides novel insights into the interspecific and intraspecific genetic characteristics of S. parasuis, which can be useful for further study of this opportunistic pathogen, such as serotyping, diagnostics, vaccine development, and study of the pathogenesis mechanism.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
14712164
Volume :
23
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
BMC Genomics
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.59c6d817d6f4dd9a97e67da6d77afb1
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-022-08710-6