Diversity of Bacillus cereus sensu lato mobilome.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Bacillus cereus sensu lato s.l.) is a group of bacteria displaying close phylogenetic relationships but a high ecological diversity. The three most studied species are Bacillus anthracis, Bacillus cereus sensu stricto and Bacillus thuringiensis. While some species are pathogenic to mammals or associated with food poisoning, Bacillus thuringiensis is a well-known entomopathogenic bacterium used as biopesticide worldwide. B. cereus s.l. also contains a large variety of mobile genetic elements (MGEs).

Results

In this study, we detail the occurrence and plasmid vs. chromosome distribution of several MGEs in 102 complete and annotated genomes of B. cereus s.l. These MGEs include 16 Insertion Sequence (IS) families, the Tn3 family, 18 different Bacillus cereus repeats (

SUBMITTER: Fayad N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6542083 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature