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| Title |
Clostridium chauvoei, an Evolutionary Dead-End Pathogen
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Microbiology, June 2017
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| DOI | 10.3389/fmicb.2017.01054 |
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| Authors |
Lorenz Rychener, Saria In-Albon, Steven P. Djordjevic, Piklu Roy Chowdhury, Pamela Nicholson, Rosangela E. Ziech, Agueda C. de Vargas, Joachim Frey, Laurent Falquet |
| Abstract |
Full genome sequences of 20 strains of Clostridium chauvoei, the etiological agent of blackleg of cattle and sheep, isolated from four different continents over a period of 64 years (1951-2015) were determined and analyzed. The study reveals that the genome of the species C. chauvoei is highly homogeneous compared to the closely related species C. perfringens, a widespread pathogen that affects human and many animal species. Analysis of the CRISPR locus is sufficient to differentiate most C. chauvoei strains and is the most heterogenous region in the genome, containing in total 187 different spacer elements that are distributed as 30 - 77 copies in the various strains. Some genetic differences are found in the 3 allelic variants of fliC1, fliC2 and fliC3 genes that encode structural flagellin proteins, and certain strains do only contain one or two alleles. However, the major virulence genes including the highly toxic C.chauvoei toxin A, the sialidase and the two hyaluronidases are fully conserved as are the metabolic and structural genes of C. chauvoei. These data indicate that C. chauvoei is a strict ruminant-associated pathogen that has reached a dead end in its evolution. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 1 | 25% |
| Australia | 1 | 25% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 25% |
| Unknown | 1 | 25% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 75% |
| Scientists | 1 | 25% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 55 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 55 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 11 | 20% |
| Researcher | 8 | 15% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 6 | 11% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 4 | 7% |
| Student > Master | 4 | 7% |
| Other | 8 | 15% |
| Unknown | 14 | 25% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 12 | 22% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 11 | 20% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 7 | 13% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 3 | 5% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 2 | 4% |
| Unknown | 19 | 35% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 17. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 27 February 2020.
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