Comparative genomic analysis of six new-found integrative conjugative elements (ICEs) in Vibrio alginolyticus.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Vibrio alginolyticus is ubiquitous in marine and estuarine environments. In 2012-2013, SXT/R391-like integrative conjugative elements (ICEs) in environmental V. alginolyticus strains were discovered and found to occur in 8.9 % of 192 V. alginolyticus strains, which suggests that V. alginolyticus may be a natural pool possessing resourceful ICEs. However, complete ICE sequences originating from this bacterium have not been reported, which represents a significant barrier to characterizing the ICEs of this bacterium and exploring their relationships with other ICEs. In the present study, we acquired six ICE sequences from five V. alginolyticus strains and performed a comparative analysis of these ICE genomes.

Results

A sequence analysis showed that there were only 1

SUBMITTER: Luo P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4857294 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature