Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Host-specificity of Salmonella enterica serovar Gallinarum: insights from comparative genomics.
- Journal:
- Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases
- Year:
- 2009
- Authors:
- Eswarappa, Sandeepa M et al.
- Affiliation:
- Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology · India
Abstract
In this study, we have identified the possible genetic factors responsible for fowl-adaptation of Salmonella entericaserovar Gallinarum (S. Gallinarum). By comparing the genes related to Salmonella pathogenicity islands (SPI) of S. Gallinarum with those of Salmonella entericaserovar Enteritidis (S. Enteritidis) we have identified twenty-four positively selected genes. Our results suggest that the genes encoding the structural components of SPI-2 encoded type three secretion apparatus (TTSS) and the effector proteins that are secreted via SPI-1 encoded TTSS have evolved under positive selection pressure in these serovars. We propose that these positively selected genes play important roles in conferring different host-specificities to S. Gallinarum and S. Enteritidis.
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