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ArticleGut pathogens2021

The genomic characterisation and comparison of Bacillus cereus strains isolated from indoor air.

Balakrishnan N V Premkrishnan, Cassie E Heinle, Akira Uchida, Rikky W Purbojati, Kavita K Kushwaha, Alexander Putra, Puramadathil Sasi Santhi, Benjamin W Y Khoo, Anthony Wong, Vineeth Kodengil Vettath and 3 more

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Article in Gut pathogens, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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13 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Balakrishnan N V Premkrishnan *Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.
Cassie E Heinle *Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.
Akira UchidaSingapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.
Rikky W PurbojatiSingapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.
Kavita K KushwahaSingapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.
Alexander PutraSingapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.
Puramadathil Sasi SanthiSingapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.
Benjamin W Y KhooSingapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.
Anthony WongSingapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.
Vineeth Kodengil VettathSingapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.
Daniela I Drautz-MosesSingapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.
Ana Carolina M Junqueira *Departamento de Genética, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. anacmj@gmail.com.
Stephan C Schuster *Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore. SCSchuster@ntu.edu.sg.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9082-7527
Nanyang Technological University · SGUniversidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro · BR

Funding

Ministry of Education - Singapore MOE2013-T3-1-013
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundBacillus cereus is ubiquitous in nature, found in environments such as soil, plants, air, and part of the insect and human gut microbiome. The ability to produce endospores and biofilms contribute to their pathogenicity, classified in two types of food poisoning: diarrheal and emetic syndromes. Here we report gap-free, whole-genome sequences of two B. cereus strains isolated from air samples and analyse their emetic and diarrheal potential.

resultsGenome assemblies of the B. cereus strains consist of one chromosome and seven plasmids each. The genome size of strain SGAir0260 is 6.30-Mb with 6590 predicted coding sequences (CDS) and strain SGAir0263 is 6.47-Mb with 6811 predicted CDS. Macrosynteny analysis showed 99% collinearity between the strains isolated from air and 90.2% with the reference genome. Comparative genomics with 57 complete B. cereus genomes suggests these strains from air are closely associated with strains isolated from foodborne illnesses outbreaks. Due to virulence potential of B. cereus and its reported involvement in nosocomial infections, antibiotic resistance analyses were performed and confirmed resistance to ampicillin and fosfomycin, with susceptibility to ciprofloxacin, tetracycline and vancomycin in both strains.

conclusionPhylogenetic analysis combined with detection of haemolytic (hblA, hblC, and hblD) and non-haemolytic (nheA, nheB, and nheC) enterotoxin genes in both air-isolated strains point to the diarrheic potential of the air isolates, though not emetic. Characterization of these airborne strains and investigation of their potential disease-causing genes could facilitate identification of environmental sources of contamination leading to foodborne illnesses and nosocomial infections transported by air.

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Antibiotic resistanceBacillus cereusEnterotoxinsFood poisoning

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