Genomic deletion marking an emerging subclone of Francisella tularensis subsp. holarctica in France and the Iberian Peninsula

  • M. P. Dempsey
  • , M. Dobson
  • , C. Zhang
  • , M. Zhang
  • , C. Lion
  • , C. B. Gutiérrez-Martín
  • , P. C. Iwen
  • , P. D. Fey
  • , M. E. Olson
  • , D. Niemeyer
  • , S. Francesconi
  • , R. Crawford
  • , M. Stanley
  • , J. Rhodes
  • , D. M. Wagner
  • , A. J. Vogler
  • , D. Birdsell
  • , P. Keim
  • , A. Johansson
  • , S. H. Hinrichs
  • A. K. Benson

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Abstract

Francisella tularensis subsp. holarctica is widely disseminated in North America and the boreal and temperate regions of the Eurasian continent. Comparative genomic analyses identified a 1.59-kb genomic deletion specific to F. tularensis subsp. holarctica isolates from Spain and France. Phylogenetic analysis of strains carrying this deletion by multiple-locus variable-number tandem repeat analysis showed that the strains comprise a highly related set of genotypes, implying that these strains were recently introduced or recently emerged by clonal expansion in France and the Iberian Peninsula.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)7465-7470
Number of pages6
JournalApplied and Environmental Microbiology
Volume73
Issue number22
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2007

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biotechnology
  • Food Science
  • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
  • Ecology

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