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Chong, Shay Lee and Tan, Joon Liang and Ngeow, Yun Fong (2022) The resistomes of Mycobacteroides abscessus complex and their possible acquisition from horizontal gene transfer. BMC Genomics, 23 (1). ISSN 1471-2164

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Abstract

Background Mycobacteroides abscessus complex (MABC), an emerging pathogen, causes human infections resistant to multiple antibiotics. In this study, the genome data of 1,581 MABC strains were downloaded from NCBI database for phylogenetic relatedness inference, resistance profile identification and the estimation of evolutionary pressure on resistance genes in silico. Results From genes associated with resistance to 28 antibiotic classes, 395 putative proteins (ARPs) were identified, based on the information in two antibiotic resistance databases (CARD and ARG-ANNOT). The ARPs most frequently identified in MABC were those associated with resistance to multiple antibiotic classes, beta-lactams and aminoglycosides. After excluding ARPs that had undergone recombination, two ARPs were predicted to be under diversifying selection and 202 under purifying selection. This wide occurrence of purifying selection suggested that the diversity of commonly shared ARPs in MABC have been reduced to achieve stability. The unequal distribution of ARPs in members of the MABC could be due to horizontal gene transfer or ARPs pseudogenization events. Most (81.5%) of the ARPs were observed in the accessory genome and 72.2% ARPs were highly homologous to proteins associated with mobile genetic elements such as plasmids, prophages and viruses. On the other hand, with TBLASTN search, only 18 of the ARPs were identified as pseudogenes. Conclusion Altogether, our results suggested an important role of horizontal gene transfer in shaping the resistome of MABC.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Mycobacteroides abscessus complex, Multidrug resistance, Horizontal gene transfer, Purifying selection, Comparative resistomes
Subjects:	R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA421-790.95 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive medicine
Divisions:	Faculty of Information Science and Technology (FIST)
Depositing User:	Ms Nurul Iqtiani Ahmad
Date Deposited:	09 Jan 2023 04:10
Last Modified:	09 Jan 2023 04:10
URII:	http://shdl.mmu.edu.my/id/eprint/10863

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