The hunt for a yet unknown: Common molecular signature in some genetically monomorphic enterobacteria |
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Authors: | Debadin Bose Subhasis Mukhopadhyay |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Botany, Kabi Nazrul College, Murarai, West Bengal, India;2. Distributed Information Centre for Bioinformatics, Department of Biophysics, Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics, University of Calcutta, Calcutta, West Bengal, India |
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Abstract: | Mark Achtman introduced the term “genetically monomorphic bacteria” (GM bacteria) for some human and plant pathogens. They displayed a great uniformity in terms of their “genetic” properties. This “uniformity” poses a challenge to microbiologists. To address these problems, we used CodonW and IslandViewer 3 as analytical tools and took Escherichia coli, Salmonella, and Shigella strains as a model organisms. We hypothesized that GM bacterium contains a common molecular signature among them. We have found a significant correlation regarding the number of protein-coding genes, predicted highly expressed genes, and the highest length of gene in this regard. On the other hand, the correspondence analysis of pathogenicity-related genes identified by IslandViewer 3 displayed a somewhat unique pattern in GM bacteria. The probable pathogenic genes are clustered into two separate groups, which is a hallmark of some pattern. Similar genes of non-monomorphic pathogenic strain clustered almost similarly, but the clusters are joined together, they are not completely separated. These features, in our considered view, may be considered as codon usages signatures of these bacteria, and E. coli in particular. |
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Keywords: | codon usages signature comparative genomics genetically monomorphic enterobacteria |
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