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CELL HOST & MICROBE
Volume 10, Issue 3, Pages 260-272Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2011.08.005
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- National Institutes of Health (NIH) [5RC2AR058986, 4R000K85329-02, 1R01HG005969, U54HG004969]
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America [CDA 2388]
- NSF [DBI-1053486]
- NIH/NHGRI [1U54HG004973-01]
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Perturbations of the composition of the symbiotic intestinal microbiota can have profound consequences for host metabolism and immunity. In mice, segmented filamentous bacteria (SFB) direct the accumulation of potentially proinflammatory Th17 cells in the intestinal lamina propria. We present the genome sequence of SFB isolated from monocolonized mice, which classifies SFB phylogenetically as a unique member of Clostridiales with a highly reduced genome. Annotation analysis demonstrates that SFB depend on their environment for amino acids and essential nutrients and may utilize host and dietary glycans for carbon, nitrogen, and energy. Comparative analyses reveal that SFB are functionally related to members of the genus Clostridium and several pathogenic or commensal minimal genera, including Finegoldia, Mycoplasma, Borrelia, and Phytoplasma. However, SFB are functionally distinct from all 1200 examined genomes, indicating a gene complement representing biology relatively unique to their role as a gut commensal closely tied to host metabolism and immunity.
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