Article
Diversity of Integrative and Conjugative Elements of Streptococcus salivarius and Their Intra- and Interspecies Transfer.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Jul 2017
Dahmane Narimane, Libante Virginie, Charron-Bourgoin Florence, Guédon Eric, Guédon Gérard, Leblond-Bourget Nathalie, Payot Sophie
Abstract excerpt
Integrative and conjugative elements (ICEs) are widespread chromosomal mobile genetic elements which can transfer autonomously by conjugation in bacteria. Thirteen ICEs with a conjugation module closely related to that of ICESt3 of Streptococcus thermophilus were characterized in Streptococcus salivarius by whole-genome sequencing. Sequence comparison highlighted ICE evolution by shuffling of 3 different...
Topics
- Bacterial Proteins
- Conjugation, Genetic
- DNA Transposable Elements
- Evolution, Molecular
- Gene Transfer, Horizontal
- Genetic Variation
- Streptococcus salivarius
- Streptococcus thermophilus
