Evolution of Xanthomonas Gene Content: Gene Gain/Loss History and Species Divergence

Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) plays key roles in the evolution of pathogenetic bacteria, especially in pathogenetic associated genes. In this study, the evolutionary dynamics of Xanthomonas at species level were determined by the comparative analysis of the complete genomes of 15 Xanthomonas strain...

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Main Authors: Gu-lei JIN, Guo-qing ZHANG, Guan-lin XIE, Jun ZHU, Miao-miao LOU, Xue-ping ZHOU, Xiao-wei ZHANG, Guo-chang SUN, Bin LI, Bo ZHU
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Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2012-06-01
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author Gu-lei JIN
Guo-qing ZHANG
Guan-lin XIE
Jun ZHU
Miao-miao LOU
Xue-ping ZHOU
Xiao-wei ZHANG
Guo-chang SUN
Bin LI
Bo ZHU
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Guan-lin XIE
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Xue-ping ZHOU
Xiao-wei ZHANG
Guo-chang SUN
Bin LI
Bo ZHU
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description Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) plays key roles in the evolution of pathogenetic bacteria, especially in pathogenetic associated genes. In this study, the evolutionary dynamics of Xanthomonas at species level were determined by the comparative analysis of the complete genomes of 15 Xanthomonas strains. A concatenated multiprotein phyletic pattern and a dataset with Xanthomonas clusters of orthologous genes were constructed. Mathematical extrapolation estimates that the core genome will reach a minimum of about 1547 genes while the pan-genome will increase up to 22624 genes when sequencing 1000 genomes. The HGT extent in this genus was assessed by using a Markov-based probabilistic method. The reconstructed gene gain/loss history, which contained several features consistent with biological observations, showed that nearly 60% of the Xanthomonas genes were acquired by HGT. A large fraction of variability was in the clade ancestor nodes and “leaves of the tree”. Coexpression analysis suggested that the pathogenic and metabolic variation between Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzicola and Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae might due to recently-transferred genes. Our results strongly supported that the gene gain/loss may play an important role in divergence and pathogenicity variation of Xanthomonas species.
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spelling doaj-art-5e71c12614ba4adc88c4ecb9c71e2e682025-08-20T03:56:17ZengKeAi Communications Co., Ltd.Journal of Integrative Agriculture2095-31192012-06-0111695496110.1016/S2095-3119(12)60086-0Evolution of Xanthomonas Gene Content: Gene Gain/Loss History and Species DivergenceGu-lei JIN0Guo-qing ZHANG1Guan-lin XIE2Jun ZHU3Miao-miao LOU4Xue-ping ZHOU5Xiao-wei ZHANG6Guo-chang SUN7Bin LI8Bo ZHU9State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Ministry of Agriculture/Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, P.R. China; Institute of Bioinformatics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, P.R. China; JIN Gu-leiState Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Ministry of Agriculture/Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, P.R. ChinaState Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Ministry of Agriculture/Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, P.R. ChinaInstitute of Bioinformatics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, P.R. ChinaState Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Ministry of Agriculture/Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, P.R. ChinaState Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Ministry of Agriculture/Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, P.R. ChinaCrop Management Station, Jiaxing 314051, P.R. ChinaState Key Laboratory Breeding Base for Zhejiang Sustainable Pest and Disease Control/Institute of Plant Protection and Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310021, P.R. ChinaState Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Ministry of Agriculture/Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, P.R. China; Correspondence LI Bin, Tel: +86-571-88982412State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Ministry of Agriculture/Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, P.R. China; ZHU Bo, Tel: +86-571-88982412Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) plays key roles in the evolution of pathogenetic bacteria, especially in pathogenetic associated genes. In this study, the evolutionary dynamics of Xanthomonas at species level were determined by the comparative analysis of the complete genomes of 15 Xanthomonas strains. A concatenated multiprotein phyletic pattern and a dataset with Xanthomonas clusters of orthologous genes were constructed. Mathematical extrapolation estimates that the core genome will reach a minimum of about 1547 genes while the pan-genome will increase up to 22624 genes when sequencing 1000 genomes. The HGT extent in this genus was assessed by using a Markov-based probabilistic method. The reconstructed gene gain/loss history, which contained several features consistent with biological observations, showed that nearly 60% of the Xanthomonas genes were acquired by HGT. A large fraction of variability was in the clade ancestor nodes and “leaves of the tree”. Coexpression analysis suggested that the pathogenic and metabolic variation between Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzicola and Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae might due to recently-transferred genes. Our results strongly supported that the gene gain/loss may play an important role in divergence and pathogenicity variation of Xanthomonas species.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095311912600860Xanthomonascore and pan-genomegene gain/losshorizontal gene transfer
spellingShingle Gu-lei JIN
Guo-qing ZHANG
Guan-lin XIE
Jun ZHU
Miao-miao LOU
Xue-ping ZHOU
Xiao-wei ZHANG
Guo-chang SUN
Bin LI
Bo ZHU
Evolution of Xanthomonas Gene Content: Gene Gain/Loss History and Species Divergence
Journal of Integrative Agriculture
Xanthomonas
core and pan-genome
gene gain/loss
horizontal gene transfer
title Evolution of Xanthomonas Gene Content: Gene Gain/Loss History and Species Divergence
title_full Evolution of Xanthomonas Gene Content: Gene Gain/Loss History and Species Divergence
title_fullStr Evolution of Xanthomonas Gene Content: Gene Gain/Loss History and Species Divergence
title_full_unstemmed Evolution of Xanthomonas Gene Content: Gene Gain/Loss History and Species Divergence
title_short Evolution of Xanthomonas Gene Content: Gene Gain/Loss History and Species Divergence
title_sort evolution of xanthomonas gene content gene gain loss history and species divergence
topic Xanthomonas
core and pan-genome
gene gain/loss
horizontal gene transfer
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095311912600860
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