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ArticleScientific reports2020

Spirochetes isolated from arthropods constitute a novel genus Entomospira genus novum within the order Spirochaetales.

Lucía Graña-Miraglia, Silvie Sikutova, Marie Vancová, Tomáš Bílý, Volker Fingerle, Andreas Sing, Santiago Castillo-Ramírez, Gabriele Margos, Ivo Rudolf

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Lucía Graña-MiragliaPrograma de Genómica Evolutiva, Centro de Ciencias Genómicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado Postal 565-A, CP 62210, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico.
Silvie SikutovaInstitute of Vertebrate Biology, V.V.I., Czech Academy of Sciences, Květná 8, 603 65, Brno, Czech Republic.
Marie VancováBiology Centre, Institute of Parasitology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Branišovská 31, 370 05, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic.
Tomáš BílýBiology Centre, Institute of Parasitology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Branišovská 31, 370 05, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic.
Volker FingerleNational Reference Center for Borreliosis at the Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority, Veterinärstr. 2, 85764, Oberschleissheim, Germany.
Andreas SingNational Reference Center for Borreliosis at the Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority, Veterinärstr. 2, 85764, Oberschleissheim, Germany.
Santiago Castillo-RamírezPrograma de Genómica Evolutiva, Centro de Ciencias Genómicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado Postal 565-A, CP 62210, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico.
Gabriele MargosNational Reference Center for Borreliosis at the Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority, Veterinärstr. 2, 85764, Oberschleissheim, Germany. gmargos1@gmail.com.
Ivo RudolfInstitute of Vertebrate Biology, V.V.I., Czech Academy of Sciences, Květná 8, 603 65, Brno, Czech Republic.
Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Biology · CZInstitute of Parasitology · CZUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de México · MX

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spirochetal bacteria were successfully isolated from mosquitoes (Culex pipiens, Aedes cinereus) in the Czech Republic between 1999 and 2002. Preliminary 16S rRNA phylogenetic sequence analysis showed that these strains differed significantly from other spirochetal genera within the family Spirochaetaceae and suggested a novel bacterial genus in this family. To obtain more comprehensive genomic information of these isolates, we used Illumina MiSeq and Oxford Nanopore technologies to sequence four genomes of these spirochetes (BR151, BR149, BR193, BR208). The overall size of the genomes varied between 1.68 and 1.78 Mb; the GC content ranged from 38.5 to 45.8%. Draft genomes were compared to 36 publicly available genomes encompassing eight genera from the class Spirochaetes. A phylogeny generated from orthologous genes across all taxa and the percentage of conserved proteins (POCP) confirmed the genus status of these novel spirochetes. The genus Entomospira gen. nov. is proposed with BR151 selected as type species of the genus. For this isolate and the closest related isolate, BR149, we propose the species name Entomospira culicis sp. nov. The two other isolates BR208 and BR193 are named Entomospira nematocera sp. nov. (BR208) and Entomospira entomophilus sp. nov. (BR193). Finally, we discuss their interesting phylogenetic positioning.

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AnimalsArthropodsBacterial Typing TechniquesBase CompositionDNA, BacterialPhylogenyRNA, Ribosomal, 16SSequence Analysis, DNASpirochaetaSpirochaetalesDNA, BacterialRNA, Ribosomal, 16S

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