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A mobile genetic element increases bacterial host fitness by manipulating development

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ELIFE
卷 10, 期 -, 页码 -

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ELIFE SCIENCES PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.65924

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  1. National Institute of General Medical Sciences [R01 GM050895, R35 GM122538]

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Horizontal gene transfer is a major force in bacterial evolution facilitated by mobile genetic elements like ICEBs1, which provide benefits to host cells by inhibiting development processes such as biofilm formation and sporulation. Activation of ICEBs1 results in a frequency-dependent selective advantage for host cells, allowing them to exploit their neighbors and grow more prior to development, ultimately increasing propagation of the element.
Horizontal gene transfer is a major force in bacterial evolution. Mobile genetic elements are responsible for much of horizontal gene transfer and also carry beneficial cargo genes. Uncovering strategies used by mobile genetic elements to benefit host cells is crucial for understanding their stability and spread in populations. We describe a benefit that ICEBs1, an integrative and conjugative element of Bacillus subtilis, provides to its host cells. Activation of ICEBs1 conferred a frequency-dependent selective advantage to host cells during two different developmental processes: biofilm formation and sporulation. These benefits were due to inhibition of biofilm-associated gene expression and delayed sporulation by ICEBs1-containing cells, enabling them to exploit their neighbors and grow more prior to development. A single ICEBs1 gene, devI (formerly ydcO), was both necessary and sufficient for inhibition of development. Manipulation of host developmental programs allows ICEBs1 to increase host fitness, thereby increasing propagation of the element.

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