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Complete genome sequence of Atopobium parvulum type strain (IPP 1246T)
- Alex Copeland1,
- Johannes Sikorski2,
- Alla Lapidus1,
- Matt Nolan1,
- Tijana Glavina Del Rio1,
- Susan Lucas1,
- Feng Chen1,
- Hope Tice1,
- Sam Pitluck1,
- Jan-Fang Cheng1,
- Rüdiger Pukall2,
- Olga Chertkov1, 3,
- Thomas Brettin1, 3,
- Cliff Han1, 3,
- John C. Detter1, 3,
- Cheryl Kuske1, 3,
- David Bruce1, 3,
- Lynne Goodwin1, 3,
- Natalia Ivanova1,
- Konstantinos Mavromatis1,
- Natalia Mikhailova1,
- Amy Chen4,
- Krishna Palaniappan4,
- Patrick Chain1, 5,
- Manfred Rohde6,
- Markus Göker2,
- Jim Bristow1,
- Jonathan A. Eisen1, 7,
- Victor Markowitz4,
- Philip Hugenholtz1,
- Nikos C. Kyrpides1 and
- Hans-Peter Klenk2
- Published: 29 September 2009
The Erratum to this article has been published in Standards in Genomic Sciences 2010 2:2030361
Abstract
Atopobium parvulum (Weinberg et al. 1937) Collins and Wallbanks 1993 comb. nov. is the type strain of the species and belongs to the genomically yet unstudied Atopobium/Olsenella branch of the family Coriobacteriaceae. The species A. parvulum is of interest because its members are frequently isolated from the human oral cavity and are found to be associated with halitosis (oral malodor) but not with periodontitis. Here we describe the features of this organism, together with the complete genome sequence, and annotation. This is the first complete genome sequence of the genus Atopobium, and the 1,543,805 bp long single replicon genome with its 1369 protein-coding and 49 RNA genes is part of the Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea project.
Keywords
- halitosis
- obligately anaerobic
- human respiratory tract
- risk group 2
- malodor
- Coriobacteriaceae
Introduction
Strain IPP 1246T (= DSM 20469 = ATCC 33793 = JCM 10300) is the type strain of the species Atopobium parvulum and was first described by Weinberg et al. 1937 as ‘Streptococcus parvulus’ (basonym) [1]. In 1992 it was reclassified as A. parvulum [2]. A. parvulum is of high interest because it has frequently been isolated from the human oral cavity, especially from the tongue dorsum, where it has been associated with patients suffering from halitosis (oral malodor) [3,4]. In general, the malodorous compounds are volatile sulfur compounds, with the most frequent ones being hydrogen sulfide, methyl mercaptan, and dimethyl sulfide, which are produced by bacterial metabolism of the sulfur containing amino acids cysteine and methionine [3,4]. However, for A. parvulum itself, the production of these substances has not yet been studied. A. parvulum has not been found to be significantly associated with chronic periodontitis, though a participation in periodontitis can not be fully excluded [5]. Nevertheless, A. parvulum has been associated with odontogenic infections, e.g. dental implants, but also with the saliva of healthy subjects [6]. Here we present a summary classification and a set of features for A. parvulum IPP 1246T together with the description of the complete genomic sequencing and annotation.
Classification and features
Phylotypes with significant 16S sequence similarity to strain IPP 1246T were observed from intubated patients (EF510777) and from metagenomic human skin surveys (GQ081350) [7]. No significant similarities were found in human gut metagenomes (highest similarity is 92%, BABE01011651) [8], or in marine metagenomes (87%, AACY020304192) [9] (status June 2009).
Phylogenetic tree of A. parvulum strain IPP 1246T, all other type strains of the genus Atopobium and the type strains of all other genera within the Coriobacteriaceae, inferred from 1345 aligned characters [10,11] of the 16S rRNA gene sequence under the maximum likelihood criterion [12]. The tree was rooted with the type strains of the genera within the subclass Rubrobacteridae. The branches are scaled in terms of the expected number of substitutions per site. Numbers above branches are support values from 1000 bootstrap replicates if larger than 60%. Lineages with type strain genome sequencing projects registered in GOLD [13] are shown in blue, published genomes in bold, including two of which are reported in this issue of SIGS [14,15]
Scanning electron micrograph of A. parvulum IPP 1246T
Classification and general features of A. parvulum IPP 1146T according to the MIGS recommendations [18].
MIGS ID | Property | Term | Evidence code |
---|---|---|---|
Current classification | Domain Bacteria | TAS [19] | |
Phylum Actinobacteria | TAS [20] | ||
Class Actinobacteria | TAS [20] | ||
Subclass Coriobacteridae | TAS [21] | ||
Order Coriobacteriales | TAS [21] | ||
Suborder “Coriobacterineae” | TAS [21] | ||
Family Coriobacteriaceae | TAS [21] | ||
Genus Atopobium | TAS [2] | ||
Species Atopobium parvulum | TAS [2] | ||
Type strain IPP 1246 | |||
Gram stain | positive | TAS [16] | |
Cell shape | small cocci that occasionally appear to be elliptical | TAS [16] | |
Motility | nonmotile | TAS [17] | |
Sporulation | nonsporulating | TAS [16] | |
Temperature range | 25°C–45°C | TAS [17] | |
Optimum temperature | 37°C–45°C | TAS [17] | |
Salinity | less than 6.5% NaCl | TAS [17] | |
MIGS-22 | Oxygen requirement | obligate anaerobic | TAS [17] |
Carbon source | acid production from cellobiose, esculin, fructose, galactose, glucose, inulin, lactose, maltose, mannose, salicin, sucrose, and trehalose | TAS [17] | |
Energy source | carbohydrates | TAS [17] | |
MIGS-6 | Habitat | human respiratory tract. | |
MIGS-15 | Biotic relationship | free living | NAS |
MIGS-14 | Pathogenicity | associated with halitosis and human oral infections | |
Biosafety level | 2 | TAS [22] | |
Isolation | unknown for this specific strain, but Weinberg et al reported that the principal habitat was the respiratory tract. | ||
MIGS-4 | Geographic location | unknown, probably France | |
MIGS-5 | Sample collection time | before 1937 | |
MIGS-4.1 | Latitude - Longitude | unknown | |
MIGS-4.2 | |||
MIGS-4.3 | Depth | not reported | |
MIGS-4.4 | Altitude | not reported |
Strain IPP 1126T produces acid (final pH < 4.7) from cellobiose, esculin, fructose, galactose, glucose, inulin, lactose, maltose, mannose, salicin, sucrose, and trehalose; erythritol and xylose were weakly fermented; no acid was produced from amygdalin, arabinose, glycerol, glycogen, inositol, mannitol, melezitose, melibiose, pectin, raffinose, rhamnose, ribose, sorbitol, or starch. Esculin was hydrolyzed; neither starch nor hippurate was hydrolyzed. Nitrate was not reduced. Indole was not formed. A solid acid curd formed in milk; neither milk, gelatin, nor meat was digested. Neither catalase, urease, deoxyribonuclease, lecithinase, nor lipase was detected [17]. Other enzyme activities are positive for acid phosphatase, alanine arylamidase, arginine arylamidase, β-galactosidase, leucine arylamidase, pyroglutamic acid arylamidase, glycine arylamidase, tyrosine arylamidase, but negative for arginine dihydrolase, histidine arylamidase, proline arylamidase, serine arylamidase, as determined using the API system [24].
Chemotaxonomy
The chemotaxonomy of A. parvulum IPP 1246T is unfortunately hardly studied. There are no data known on the polar lipids. The strain possesses cell-wall peptidoglycan of type A4α, L-Lys-D-Asp (type A11.31 according to the DSMZ catalogue of strains; http://www.dsmz.de/microorganisms/main.php?content_id=35) [25]. The major cellular fatty acids (FAME: fatty acid methyl ester; DMA: dimethylacetyl) are C18:1 cis-9 (38.2%, FAME), C18:1 cis-9 (24.1%, DMA), C16:1 cis-9 (5.0%, FAME), C17:1 cis-8 (5.0%, FAME), C18:1 c11/t9/t6 (5.0%, FAME), C18:1 cis-11 (3.9%, DMA), C14:0 (3.4%, FAME), C10:0 (3.0%, FAME) [16].
Genome sequencing and annotation
Genome project history
Genome sequencing project information
MIGS ID | Property | Term |
---|---|---|
MIGS-31 | Finishing quality | Finished |
MIGS-28 | Libraries used | Two Sanger libraries: 8kb pMCL200 and fosmid pcc1Fos One 454 pyrosequence standard library |
MIGS-29 | Sequencing platforms | ABI3730, 454 GS FLX |
MIGS-31.2 | Sequencing coverage | 7.8× Sanger; 43.4× pyrosequence |
MIGS-30 | Assemblers | Newbler, phrap |
MIGS-32 | Gene calling method | Prodigal, GenePRIMP |
Genbank ID | CP001721 | |
Genbank Date of Release | September 9, 2009 | |
GOLD ID | Gc01099 | |
NCBI project ID | 29401 | |
Database: IMG-GEBA | 2501533209 | |
MIGS-13 | Source material identifier | DSM 20469 |
Project relevance | Tree of Life, GEBA |
Growth conditions and DNA isolation
A. parvulum strain IPP 1246T, DSM 20469, was grown anaerobically in DSMZ medium 104 (modified PYG; Medium [26]) at 37°C. DNA was isolated from 0.5–1 g of cell paste using the JGI CTAP procedure with a modified protocol for cell lysis as described in Wu et al. [27].
Genome sequencing and assembly
The genome was sequenced using a combination of Sanger and 454 sequencing platforms. All general aspects of library construction and sequencing performed at the JGI can be found on the JGI website. 454 Pyrosequencing reads were assembled using the Newbler assembler version 1.1.02.15 (Roche). Large Newbler contigs were broken into 1,716 overlapping fragments of 1000bp and entered into assembly as pseudo-reads. The sequences were assigned quality scores based on Newbler consensus q-scores with modifications to account for overlap redundancy and to adjust inflated q-scores. A hybrid 454/Sanger assembly was made using the parallel phrap assembler (High Performance Software, LLC). Possible mis-assemblies were corrected with Dupfinisher [28] or transposon bombing of bridging clones (Epicentre Biotechnologies, Madison, WI). Gaps between contigs were closed by editing in Consed, custom primer walk or PCR amplification. A total of 125 Sanger finishing reads were produced to close gaps, to resolve repetitive regions, and to raise the quality of the finished sequence. The error rate of the completed genome sequence is less than 1 in 100,000. Together all sequence types provided 51.2 x coverage of the genome. The final assembly contains 12,842 Sanger and 359,479 pyrosequence reads.
Genome annotation
Genes were identified using Prodigal [29] as part of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory genome annotation pipeline, followed by a round of manual curation using the JGI GenePRIMP pipeline [30]. The predicted CDSs were translated and used to search the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) nonredundant database, UniProt, TIGRFam, Pfam, PRIAM, KEGG, COG, and InterPro databases. Additional gene prediction analysis and functional annotation were performed within the Integrated Microbial Genomes Expert Review (IMG-ER) platform [31].
Genome properties
Graphical circular map of the genome. From outside to the center: Genes on forward strand (color by COG categories), Genes on reverse strand (color by COG categories), RNA genes (tRNAs green, rRNAs red, other RNAs black), GC content, GC skew.
Genome Statistics
Attribute | Value | % of Total |
---|---|---|
Genome size (bp) | 1,543,805 | 100.00% |
DNA Coding region (bp) | 1,396,223 | 90.44% |
DNA G+C content (bp) | 705,312 | 45.69% |
Number of replicons | 1 | |
Extrachromosomal elements | 0 | |
Total genes | 1419 | 100.00% |
RNA genes | 49 | 3.52% |
rRNA operons | 1 | |
Protein-coding genes | 1369 | 96.48% |
Pseudo genes | 16 | 1.13% |
Genes with function prediction | 1059 | 74.63% |
Genes in paralog clusters | 69 | 4.86% |
Genes assigned to COGs | 1096 | 77.24% |
Genes assigned Pfam domains | 1084 | 76.39% |
Genes with signal peptides | 240 | 16.91% |
Genes with transmembrane helices | 339 | 23.89% |
CRISPR repeats | 0 |
Number of genes associated with the general COG functional categories
Code | Value | % age | Description |
---|---|---|---|
J | 128 | 9.3 | Translation, ribosomal structure and biogenesis |
A | 0 | 0.0 | RNA processing and modification |
K | 85 | 6.2 | Transcription |
L | 72 | 5.3 | Replication, recombination and repair |
B | 1 | 0.1 | Chromatin structure and dynamics |
D | 18 | 1.3 | Cell cycle control, mitosis and meiosis |
Y | 0 | 0.0 | Nuclear structure |
V | 42 | 3.1 | Defense mechanisms |
T | 46 | 3.4 | Signal transduction mechanisms |
M | 70 | 5.1 | Cell wall/membrane biogenesis |
N | 1 | 0.1 | Cell motility |
Z | 0 | 0.0 | Cytoskeleton |
W | 0 | 0.0 | Extracellular structures |
U | 20 | 1.5 | Intracellular trafficking and secretion |
O | 44 | 3.2 | Posttranslational modification, protein turnover, chaperones |
C | 44 | 3.2 | Energy production and conversion |
G | 115 | 8.4 | Carbohydrate transport and metabolism |
E | 105 | 7.7 | Amino acid transport and metabolism |
F | 53 | 3.9 | Nucleotide transport and metabolism |
H | 37 | 2.7 | Coenzyme transport and metabolism |
I | 23 | 1.7 | Lipid transport and metabolism |
P | 59 | 4.3 | Inorganic ion transport and metabolism |
Q | 11 | 0.8 | Secondary metabolites biosynthesis, transport and catabolism |
R | 125 | 9.1 | General function prediction only |
S | 90 | 6.6 | Function unknown |
- | 273 | 19.9 | Not in COGs |
Notes
Declarations
Acknowledgements
We would like to gratefully acknowledge the help of Katja Steenblock for growing A. parvulum cultures and Susanne Schneider for DNA extraction and quality analysis (both at DSMZ). This work was performed under the auspices of the US Department of Energy Office of Science, Biological and Environmental Research Program, and by the University of California, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory under contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory under Contract No. DE-AC52-07NA27344, and Los Alamos National Laboratory under contract No. DE-AC02-06NA25396, as well as German Research Foundation (DFG) INST 599/1-1.
Authors’ Affiliations
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