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Whole-Genome Sequencing of Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor Strains Isolated in Ukraine (2011) and Russia (2014)

Nina I. Smirnova, Yaroslav M. Krasnov, Elena Y. Agafonova, Elena Y. Shchelkanova, Zhanna V. Alkhova, Vladimir V. Kutyrev
Nina I. Smirnova
Federal Government Health Institution Russian Researh Anti-Plaque Institute “Microbe,” Saratov, Russia
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Elena Y. Agafonova
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Elena Y. Shchelkanova
Federal Government Health Institution Russian Researh Anti-Plaque Institute “Microbe,” Saratov, Russia
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Federal Government Health Institution Russian Researh Anti-Plaque Institute “Microbe,” Saratov, Russia
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DOI: 10.1128/genomeA.01640-16
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ABSTRACT

Here, we present the draft whole-genome sequence of Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor strains 76 and M3265/80, isolated in Mariupol, Ukraine, and Moscow, Russia. The presence of various mutations detected in virulence-associated mobile elements indicates high genetic similarity of the strains reported here with new highly virulent variants of the cholera agent V. cholerae.

GENOME ANNOUNCEMENT

Vibrio cholerae is the etiologic agent of cholera, а severe diarrheal disease. Pandemic V. cholerae strains of the O1 serogroup have two biotypes: classical and El Tor. Isolates from the current seventh cholera pandemic are mostly of the El Tor biotype. The principal virulence determinants are cholera toxin and toxin-coregulated pili (1). Recent studies of the genome of V. cholerae strains from previous and current epidemics have demonstrated that genomic changes and alteration in the cholera toxin prophage (CTX) of typical El Tor strains resulted in the emergence of new variants (2–4). Here, we report the first draft whole-genome sequences of two V. cholerae O1 El Tor strains. The first strain is V. cholerae 76, isolated from a patient during an outbreak of cholera in Mariupol, Ukraine, in 2011. The second is the toxigenic V. cholerae strain M3265/80, isolated from a patient who arrived in Moscow, Russia, from India in 2014.

The libraries were prepared using Ion PGM preparation protocols (Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., USA) and then sequenced on the Ion PGM platform, generating 1.0 million (~200-bp) reads (35× genome coverage) and 1.8 million (~400-bp) reads (58× genome coverage) for 76 and M3265/80, respectively. De novo genome assembly was performed using Newbler version 2.6. Draft genomes were annotated using the NCBI Prokaryotic Genome Annotation Pipeline.

The draft genome of 76 (4,001,091 bp; 47.5% GC content) consists of 265 contigs, and 3,572 genes and 51 tRNAs were identified. The draft genome of M3265/80 (4,017,694 bp; 47.5% GC content) consists of 123 contigs, with 3,729 genes and 58 tRNAs identified.

A comparative analysis of the virulence-associated mobile elements of strain 76—such as prophages CTXφ, TLCφ, and RS1φ, Vibrio pathogenicity islands 1 (VPI-1) and 2 (VPI-2), Vibrio seventh pandemic islands I (VSP-I) and II (VSP-II), as well as integrative conjugative elements of the SXT family, which carry the genes involved in multidrug resistance—showed high nucleotide sequence similarity to the same regions of the new hypervirulent El Tor variants isolated in 2010 from a cholera outbreak in Haiti (3, 5). In contrast to El Tor variants possessing the cholera toxin prophage CTXφ containing the classic allele of the ctxB gene, ctxB1, strain 76 carried a novel allele, ctxB7. The analysis of the VPI-1 region revealed that the tcpA gene gained an A266G mutation. Furthermore, a novel rearrangement of the VSP-II region with a 13.1-kb deletion was found in strain 76. The draft genome of strain M3265/80 shares >99.9% average nucleotide identity with the 76 genome. Phylogenetic analysis based on single-nucleotide polymorphisms located in core genes orthologous to genes in previously sequenced genomes deposited in GenBank showed that strains 76 and M3265/80 are directly related to outbreak isolates from India (2007), Bangladesh (2002 to 2007), and Haiti (2010). A more detailed analysis of these draft genomes will be the focus of a future publication. The whole-genome sequences of strains 76 and M3265/80 provide valuable insights into the evolution of cholera agents and will help improve disease control strategies.

Accession number(s).The whole-genome shotgun projects have been deposited in DDBJ/ENA/GenBank under the accession numbers MPVL00000000 (76) and JRQL00000000 (M3265/80). The versions presented in this article are the first versions.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We thank the staff of the Department of Microbiology at the Russian Research Anti-Plaque Institute ‘Microbe’ for studying the phenotypical properties of the investigated strains.

FOOTNOTES

    • Received 9 December 2016.
    • Accepted 16 December 2016.
    • Published 23 February 2017.
  • Copyright © 2017 Smirnova et al.

This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license .

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Genome Announcements Feb 2017, 5 (8) e01640-16; DOI: 10.1128/genomeA.01640-16
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