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what is the core genome?

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located on chromosome (s)

Genes including essential genes conserved in all members of a species

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what is the accessory genome?

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  • located on plasmids, chromosomal islands (ICEs), transposons, lysogenic phage
  • Non-essential genes of variable occurrence in a bacterial species
  • Acquired through horizontal transmission
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what is the pangenome?

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core genome + accessory genome

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what are the examples of mobile genetic elements?

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plasmids
transposons
bacteriophage
integrative and conjugative elements (ICEs)

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what are plasmids?

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Extrachromosomal genetic elements

  • capable of autonomous replication
  • not essential to the cell under all circumstances (not required for day-to-day survival)
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what is an antibiotic resistance gene?

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  • encode enzymes that modify or degrade antibiotics
  • Ab genes on plasmids are often carried on transposons
  • significant medically
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what must a plasmid do?

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  • replicate
  • segregate
  • keep host happy
  • keep host under control
  • spread
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why do plasmids need to segregate?

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-must ensure each daughter cell receives at least one copy upon division

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how do plasmids keep the host happy?

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  • constrain metabolic load by regulating copy number
  • large plasmids typically only 1-5 copies/cell (low copy number)
  • small plasmids ~15-50 copies/cell (high copy number)
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how do plasmids keep the host under control?

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kill off cells foolish enough to kick them out

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why do plasmids need to spread?

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conjugation: non-conjugative plasmids are often mobilisable

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what are the structural features of the F plasmid?

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  • tra
  • RepF1A
  • oriV
  • par
  • res/fcr
  • ccdA/ccdB
  • hok/sok
  • pif
  • Tn1000, IS2, IS3
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what is tra on the F plasmid?

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mating pore and DNA mobilization functions

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what is RepF1A on the F plasmid?

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determines vegetative replication and incompatibility properties

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what is the oriV on the F plasmid?

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copy number 1 to 2 per cell

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what is the par on the F plasmid?

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partitioning loci

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what is the res/fcr on the F plasmid?

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site-specific recombination system that resolves dimers

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what is the ccdA/ccdB on the F plasmid?

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host-killing system

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what is the hok/sok on the F plasmid?

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Another host-killing system (toxin-antitoxin) - an example of a post-segregational killing system

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what is the pif on the F plasmid?

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Protection against phage T7 by inducing abortive infection

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what is the Tn1000, IS2, IS3 on the F plasmid?

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transposable elements, facilitate interactions between F and other DNA molecules

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What are the structural elements of the ColE1 plasmid?

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oriV
imm
ColE1
mob
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oriT
cer
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what is the general principle of plasmid replication control?

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  • Plasmid DNA replication is controlled by a plasmid-encoded inhibitor that acts at oriV
  • as cell size increases, inhibitor concentration decreases, and plasmid replication initiated
  • replication results in further copies of inhibitor gene and more inhibitors which limits plasmid replication again
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what is a transposon?

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able to move from one site in the genome to another independent of host recombination system, “jumping genes”

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what do transposons do?
cause large fraction of spontaneous mutations and chromosome rearrangements (deletions, inversion, replicon fusions)
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what do transposons enable?
- Enable the rapid acquisition of multiple antibiotic resistances and facilitate the flow of such genes between species - provide powerful tools for molecular genetic studies
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what are the types of bacterial transposons?
- insertion sequences - composite transposons - non-composite transposons - conjugative transposons
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What is an insertion sequence (IS) element?
- the simplest type of transposon - encode only the protein needed for its own transposition - ends of all known IS elements have inverted terminal repeats
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what are P elements?
key tools for genetic analysis of Drosophila
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what are composite transposons?
- Consist of two IS elements flanking a central region carrying other genes - IS elements supply transposase and ITP recognition signals - Often only one IS module makes active transposase
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what are Non-composite (simple) transposons?
do not rely on IS modules for transposition | -encode genes for own transposition and accessory funtions and have inverted terminal repeats
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what does transposition of non-composite (simple) transposons require?
transposase and resolvase
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what is conservative transposition?
"Cut-and-Paste" Transposase makes , 1. dsDNA cuts in donor Staggered cuts in target there is a small direct repeat sequence on either side of the transposon
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what typeof transposons undergo conservative transposition?
IS and composite
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what is replicative transposition?
"copy and paste" Transposases make: -two ssDNA cuts in donor -Staggered cuts in the target resolution of cointegrate requires the resolvase (catalyzes recombination like event
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what type of transposons undergoes replicative transposition?
non-composite transposons
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what is a conjugative transposon?
able to excise from the genome and transpose from one cell to another via a conjugative intermediate -insert randomly into the recipient and also reinsert into donor genome
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what are conjugative transposons important for?
dissemination of antibiotic resistance and virulence
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how do transposons mediate insertions?
transposition or homologous reconbination
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how do transposons mediate replicon fusions?
Hfr formation
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how do transposons mediate deletions?
Homologous recombination between two copies of a transposon present in inverted orientation
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how are transposons used to generate mutations?
Antibiotic resistance gene allows easy selection, Each mutant is likely to only have a single mutation
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are transposons sued to tag genes for identification?
yes
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what are the two life cycles of temperate bacteriophages?
lytic and lysogenic
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what is the lytic lifecycle?
- the host chromosome is destroyed - the phage DNA replicates and assembles into new phages - Phages are released into the environment
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what is the lysogenic lifecycle?
The phage DNA integrates into the host chromosome | -the prophage is replicated as part of the bacterial chromosome
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what does lambda phage integration require?
- attP site on the phage - attB on the bacterial chromosome - lambda integrase
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what does lambda phage excision?
it is the reverse process to integration and requires lambda integrase and lambda excisionase
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what are excisionases also called?
recombination directionality factors (RDFs)
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what are the advantages of lysogenic conversion?
- is efficient - does not require cell-to-cell contact - incorporation not homology-dependent can act at a population level can survive harsh conditions that eliminate bacteria
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what is a genomic island?
- key players in bacterial horizontal gene transfer - discrete DNA segments - maybe absent from closely related strains - usually show evidence of past or present mobility
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what traits do genomic islands carry?
adaptive traits
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what do genomic islands do?
share features of phages and conjugative plasmids
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where do genomic islands integrate?
at specific sites- usually adjacent to a tRNA gene
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how do genomic islands integrate?
similar to lysogenic phages- phage-like integrase near one end of the island
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is genomic island mobile?
most genomic islands have lost mobility and become fixed in the genome
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what are integrative and conjugative elements?
genomic islands that have retained mobility
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what do integrative and conjugative elements carry?
integrase excisionase conjugation genes'
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How do integrative and conjugative elements (ICEs) transfer?
by conjugation after excising from the chromosome
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what is the integration mechanism of ICEs?
mechanism like that of phage lambda -ICE integrated between attL and attR sites - recombination between attL and attR excises a circular island - gives attP (in the ICE) and attB (in the chromosome) - ICE-free cell can be a recipient for conjugative transfer - Recombination between attP and attB results in integration
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how do genomic islands affect bacterial evolution?
"fitness" islands that adapt a bacterium with a core chromosome to specific environmental niches - pathogenicity - resistance to antibiotics - symbiosis - xenobiotic degradation
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