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Abstract: Some Brucella isolates are known to require an increased concentration of CO2 for growth, especially in the case of primary cultures obtained directly from infected animals. Moreover, the different Brucella species and biovars show a characteristic pattern of CO2 requirement, and this trait has been included among the routine typing tests used for species and biovar differentiation. By comparing the differences in gene content among different CO2-dependent and CO2-independent Brucella strains, we have confirmed that carbonic anhydrase (CA) II is the enzyme responsible for this phenotype in all the Brucella strains tested. Brucella species contain two CAs of the ? family, CA I and CA II; genetic polymorphisms exist for both of them in different isolates, but only those putatively affecting the activity of CA II correlate with the CO2 requirement of the corresponding isolate. Analysis of these polymorphisms does not allow the determination of CA I functionality, while the polymorphisms in CA II consist of small deletions that cause a frameshift that changes the C-terminus of the protein, probably affecting its dimerization status, essential for the activity. CO2-independent mutants arise easily in vitro, although with a low frequency ranging from 10-6 to 10-10 depending on the strain. These mutants carry compensatory mutations that produce a full-length CA II. At the same time, no change was observed in the sequence coding for CA I. A competitive index assay designed to evaluate the fitness of a CO2-dependent strain compared to its corresponding CO2-independent strain revealed that while there is no significant difference when the bacteria are grown in culture plates, growth in vivo in a mouse model of infection provides a significant advantage to the CO2-dependent strain. This could explain why some Brucella isolates are CO2 dependent in primary isolation. The polymorphism described here also allows the in silico determination of the CO2 requirement status of any Brucella strain.
Fuente: Front Microbiol ., 2019, 10, 2751
Publisher: Frontiers Research Foundation
Year of publication: 2019
No. of pages: 13
Publication type: Article
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.02751
ISSN: 1664-302X
Spanish project: BFU2011-25658
Publication Url: https://www.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2019.02751
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JUAN MARIA GARCIA LOBO
YELINA ORTIZ PEREZ
CANDELA GONZALEZ-RIANCHO FERNANDEZ
ASUNCION SEOANE SEOANE
ARELLANO-REYNOSO, BEATRIZ
FELIX JAVIER SANGARI GARCIA
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