Comparative analysis of whole-genome sequences of Streptococcus suis

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1199-1209

  Wei, Wu ^a   Ding, Guohui ^a   Wang, Xiaojing ^a   Sun, Jingchun ^a   Tu, Kang ^a   Hao, Pei ^a   Wang, Chuan ^a   Cao, Zhiwei ^b   Shi, Tieliu ^a   Li, Yixue ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b SHANGHAI CENTER FOR BIOINFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Strain 89 1591; Strain P1 7; Streptococcus suis; Virulence factor

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33748930075     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-006-1199-9     Document Type: Article

References (46)

1. Normile D. Infectious diseases. WHO probes deadliness of China's pig-borne disease. Science, 2005, 309(5739): 1308-1309
2. Wisselink H J, Smith H E, Stockhofe-Zurwieden N, et al. Distribution of capsular types and production of muramidase-released protein (MRP) and extracellular factor (EF) of Streptococcus suis strains isolated from diseased pigs in seven European countries. Vet Microbiol, 2000, 74(3): 237-248
3. Higgins R, Gottschalk M, Boudreau M, et al. Description of six new capsular types (29-34) of Streptococcus suis. J Vet Diagn Invest, 1995, 7(3): 405-406
4. Vecht U, Arends J P, van der Molen E J, et al. Differences in virulence between two strains of Streptococcus suis type II after experimentally induced infection of newborn germ-free pigs. Am J Vet Res, 1989, 50(7): 1037-1043
5. Heath P J, Hunt B, Harwood D J, et al. Isolation and identification of Streptococcus suis serotypes 3, 4 and 7. Vet Rec, 1995, 136(21): 547
6. King S J, Heath P J, Luque I, et al. Distribution and genetic diversity of suilysin in Streptococcus suis isolated from different diseases of pigs and characterization of the genetic basis of suilysin absence. Infect Immun, 2001, 69(12): 7572-7582
7. Vilaichone R K, Mahachai V, Nunthapisud P. Streptococcus suis peritonitis: Case report. J Med Assoc Thai, 2000, 83(10): 1274-1277
8. Strangmann E, Froleke H, Kohse K P. Septic shock caused by Streptococcus suis: Case report and investigation of a risk group. Int J Hyg Environ Health, 2002, 205(5): 385-392
9. Spiss H K, Kofler M, Hausdorfer H, et al. Streptococcus suis meningitis and neurophysiology of the acoustic system. First case report from Austria. Nervenarzt, 1999, 70(8): 738-741
10. Leelarasamee A, Nilakul C, Tien-Grim S, et al. Streptococcus suis toxic-shock syndrome and meningitis. J Med Assoc Thai, 1997, 80(1): 63-68
11. Ibaraki M, Fujita N, Tada M, et al. A Japanese case of Streptococcus suis meningitis associated with lumbar epidural abscess. Rinsho Shinkeigaku, 2003, 43(4): 176-179
12. Grebe T, Bergenthal D, Fahr A M, et al. Meningitis caused by Streptococcus suis type 2 in an adult. Dtsch Med Wochenschr, 1997, 122(41): 1244-1247
13. Chotmongkol V, Janma J, Kawamatawong T. Streptococcus suis meningitis: Report of a case. J Med Assoc Thai, 1999, 82(9): 922-924
14. Vecht U, Wisselink H J, Jellema M L, et al. Identification of two proteins associated with virulence of Streptococcus suis type 2. Infect Immun, 1991, 59(9): 3156-3162
15. Staats J J, Feder I, Okwumabua O, et al. Streptococcus suis: Past and present. Vet Res Commun, 1997, 21(6): 381-407
16. Jacobs A A, Loeffen P L, van den Berg A J, et al. Identification, purification, and characterization of a thiol-activated hemolysin (suilysin) of Streptococcus suis. Infect Immun, 1994, 62(5): 1742-1748
17. Gottschalk M, Segura M. The pathogenesis of the meningitis caused by Streptococcus suis: The unresolved questions. Vet Microbiol, 2000, 76(3): 259-272
18. Smith H E, Wisselink H J, Stockhofe-Zurwieden N, et al. Virulence markers of Streptococcus suis type 1 and 2. Adv Exp Med Biol, 1997, 418: 651-655
19. Gottschalk M, Lebrun A, Wisselink H, et al. Production of virulence-related proteins by Canadian strains of Streptococcus suis capsulartype 2. Can J Vet Res, 1998, 62(1): 75-79
20. Arai M, Mitsuke H, Ikeda M, et al. ConPred II : A consensus prediction method for obtaining transmembrane topology models with high reliability. Nucleic Acids Res, 2004, 32(Web server issue): W390-W393
21. Schaffer A A, Wolf Y I, Ponting C P, et al. IMPALA: Matching a protein sequence against a collection of PSI-BLAST-constructed position-specific score matrices. Bioinformatics, 1999, 15(12): 1000-1011
22. Marchler-Bauer A, Anderson J B, Cherukuri P F, et al. CDD: A conserved domain database for protein classification. Nucleic Acids Res, 2005, 33(Database issue): D192-D196
23. Ashbumer M, Ball C A, Blake J A, et al. Gene ontology: Tool for the unification of biology. The Gene Ontology Consortium. Nat Genet, 2000, 25(1): 25-29
24. Conesa A, Gotz S, Garcia-Gomez J M, et al. Blast2GO: A universal tool for annotation, visualization and analysis in functional genomics research. Bioinformatics, 2005, 21(18): 3674-3676
25. Maglott D, Ostell J, Pruitt K D, et al. Entrez gene: Gene- centered information at NCBI. Nucleic Acids Res, 2005, 33(Database issue): D54-D58
26. Segal E, Friedman N, Koller D, et al. A module map showing conditional activity of expression modules in cancer. Nat Genet, 2004, 36(10): 1090-1098
27. Altschul S F, Madden T L, Schaffer A A, et al. Gapped BLAST and PSI-BLAST: Anew generation of protein database search programs. Nucleic Acids Res, 1997, 25(17): 3389-3402
28. Delcher A L, Phillippy A, Carlton J, et al. Fast algorithms for large-scale genome alignment and comparison. Nucleic Acids Res, 2002, 30(11): 2478-2483
29. Sun J, Xu J, Liu Z, et al. Refined phylogenetic profiles method for predicting protein-protein interactions. Bioinformatics, 2005, 21(16): 3409-3415
30. Date S V, Marcotte E M. Discovery of uncharacterized cellular systems by genome-wide analysis of functional linkages. Nat Biotechnol, 2003, 21(9): 1055-1062
31. Pellegrini M, Marcotte E M, Thompson M J, et al. Assigning protein functions by comparative genome analysis: Protein phylogenetic profiles. Pro Natl Acad Sci USA, 1999, 96(8): 4285-4288
32. Dandekar T, Snel B, Huynen M, et al. Conservation of gene order: A fingerprint of proteins that physically interact. Trends Biochem Sci, 1998, 23(9): 324-328
33. Marcotte E M, Pellegrini M, Thompson M J, et al. A combined algorithm for genome-wide prediction of protein function. Nature, 1999, 402(6757): 83-86
34. Strong M, Mallick P, Pellegrini M, et al. Inference of protein function and protein linkages in Mycobacterium tuberculosis based on prokaryotic genome organization: A combined computational approach. Gen Biol, 2003, 4(9): R59
35. Melancon D, Grenier D. Production and properties of bacteriocin-like inhibitory substances from the swine pathogen Streptococcus suis serotype 2. Appl Environ Microbiol, 2003, 69(8): 4482-4488
36. Schwikowski B, Uetz PFields S. A network of protein-protein interactions in yeast. Nat Biotechnol, 2000, 18(12): 1257-1261
37. Oliver S. Guilt-by-association goes global. Nature, 2000, 403(6770): 601-603
38. Bisno A L, Brito M O, Collins C M. Molecular basis of group A streptococcal virulence. Lancet Infect Dis, 2003, 3(4): 191-200
39. Hava D L, LeMieux J, Camilli A. From nose to lung: The regulation behind Streptococcus pneumoniae virulence factors. Mol Microbiol, 2003, 50(4): 1103-1110
40. Rubens C E, Haft R F, Wessels M R. Characterization of the capsular polysaccharide genes of group B streptococci. Dev Biol Stand, 1995, 85: 237-244
41. Spellerberg B. Pathogenesis of neonatal Streptococcus agalactiae infections. Microbes Infect, 2000, 2(14): 1733-1742
42. Magee A D, Yother J. Requirement for capsule in colonization by Streptococcus pneumoniae. Infect Immun, 2001, 69(6): 3755-3761
43. Cywes C, Stamenkovic I, Wessels M R. CD44 as a receptor for colonization of the pharynx by group A Streptococcus. J Clin Invest, 2000, 106(8): 995-1002
44. Schrager H M, Alberti S, Cywes C, et al. Hyaluronic acid capsule modulates M protein-mediated adherence and acts as a ligand for attachment of group A Streptococcus to CD44 on human keratinocytes. J Clin Invest, 1998, 101(8): 1708-1716
45. Miller J D, Neely M N. Large-scale screen highlights the importance of capsule for virulence in the zoonotic pathogen Streptococcus iniae. Infect Immun, 2005, 73(2): 921-934
46. Chatellier S, Gottschalk M, Higgins R, et al. Relatedness of Streptococcus suis serotype 2 isolates from different geographic origins as evaluated by molecular fingerprinting and phenotyping. J Clin Microbiol, 1999, 37(2): 362-366