Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
Vet Microbiol. 2011 Mar 24;148(2-4):267-75. doi: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2010.08.034. Epub 2010 Sep 8.
Escherichia coli is one of the most important pathogens associated with puerperal metritis in dairy cows. Phage therapy has emerged as attractive therapeutic alternative in the control of multidrug-resistant pathogens. In this study, we present the complete genome sequence of vB_EcoM_ECO1230-10 (referred in this manuscript as ECO1230-10), a lytic E. coli phage isolated from dairy farms' manure systems. Ultrastructure of the phage revealed that ECO1230-10 belongs to Myoviridae family. The genome consisted of 41,666 bases with a G+C content of 53.37% and 56 predicted ORFs. It displays circular topology in a modular organization seen in phages, as demonstrated by the presence of gene modules, which is typical among members of this family. Based on similarity to genes from other related phages, the genome of ECO1230-10 was modularly clustered in tail-baseplate-head morphogenesis, DNA packaging, host cell lysis, and DNA replication and metabolism modules. Lysogeny control module was not detected in the ECO1230-10 genome. Comparative analyses showed that ECO1230-10 presents phylogenetic relationship with an Enterobacteria phage of the Myoviridae family, but it is almost in a taxonomic group of its own. The genome sequence of ECO1230-10, which is notably active against pathogenic E. coli isolated from uterine secretion of postpartum dairy cows, should provide new insights into the biology and evolution of this therapeutic candidate and possibly new strategies to control metritic-causing E. coli.
大肠杆菌是与奶牛产后子宫内膜炎相关的最重要病原体之一。噬菌体治疗作为控制多药耐药病原体的有吸引力的治疗替代方法已经出现。在这项研究中,我们介绍了分离自奶牛场粪肥系统的裂解性大肠杆菌噬菌体 vB_EcoM_ECO1230-10(在本文中称为 ECO1230-10)的完整基因组序列。噬菌体的超微结构表明,ECO1230-10 属于肌尾噬菌体科。基因组由 41666 个碱基组成,G+C 含量为 53.37%,预测有 56 个 ORF。它显示出模块化组织的环状拓扑结构,这在噬菌体中可见,如基因模块的存在所示,这在该家族的成员中很典型。基于与其他相关噬菌体基因的相似性,ECO1230-10 的基因组在尾部-基板-头部形态发生、DNA 包装、宿主细胞裂解以及 DNA 复制和代谢模块中进行模块化聚类。在 ECO1230-10 基因组中未检测到溶原控制模块。比较分析表明,ECO1230-10 与肌尾噬菌体科的肠杆菌噬菌体具有系统发育关系,但它几乎处于自己的分类群中。ECO1230-10 的基因组序列对产后奶牛子宫分泌物中分离的致病性大肠杆菌具有显著的活性,这应该为该治疗候选物的生物学和进化提供新的见解,并可能为控制引起子宫内膜炎的大肠杆菌提供新的策略。