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MOLECULAR ECOLOGY
卷 30, 期 8, 页码 1823-1835出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/mec.15770
关键词
citrus canker; dated phylogeny; gene turnover rate; genomic evolution; nucleotide substitution rate
资金
- French government
- Centre de Cooperation Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Developpement
- European Regional Development Fund [I2016-1731-0006632]
- French Agropolis Foundation [1504-004]
- Agence Nationale de Securite Sanitaire de l'Alimentation, de l'Environnement et du Travail
- Reunion Region
Horizontal gene transfer plays a key role in the evolution by redistributing phenotypically important genes among lineages. Studies on a bacterial plant pathogen lineage demonstrated extensive gene content variation among lineages even at small phylogenetic and geographic scales. Accessory genes are preferentially located on plasmids, while chromosomal regions also play a role in hosting ecologically important genes.
Horizontal gene transfer is of major evolutionary importance as it allows for the redistribution of phenotypically important genes among lineages. Such genes with essential functions include those involved in resistance to antimicrobial compounds and virulence factors in pathogenic bacteria. Understanding gene turnover at microevolutionary scales is critical to assess the pace of this evolutionary process. Here, we characterized and quantified gene turnover for the epidemic lineage of a bacterial plant pathogen of major agricultural importance worldwide. Relying on a dense geographic sampling spanning 39 years of evolution, we estimated both the dynamics of single nucleotide polymorphism accumulation and gene content turnover. We identified extensive gene content variation among lineages even at the smallest phylogenetic and geographic scales. Gene turnover rate exceeded nucleotide substitution rate by three orders of magnitude. Accessory genes were found preferentially located on plasmids, but we identified a highly plastic chromosomal region hosting ecologically important genes such as transcription activator-like effectors. Whereas most changes in the gene content are probably transient, the rapid spread of a mobile element conferring resistance to copper compounds widely used for the management of plant bacterial pathogens illustrates how some accessory genes can become ubiquitous within a population over short timeframes.
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