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ArticleNature communications2023

Diagnostic and commensal Staphylococcus pseudintermedius genomes reveal niche adaptation through parallel selection of defense mechanisms.

Sanjam S Sawhney, Rhiannon C Vargas, Meghan A Wallace, Carol E Muenks, Brian V Lubbers, Stephanie A Fritz, Carey-Ann D Burnham, Gautam Dantas

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Article in Nature communications, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sanjam S Sawhney *The Edison Family Center for Genome Sciences and Systems Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5343-1224
Rhiannon C Vargas *The Edison Family Center for Genome Sciences and Systems Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0434-6178
Meghan A WallaceDepartment of Pathology and Immunology, Division of Laboratory and Genomic Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Carol E MuenksDepartment of Pathology and Immunology, Division of Laboratory and Genomic Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Brian V LubbersDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA.
Stephanie A FritzDepartment of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Carey-Ann D BurnhamDepartment of Pathology and Immunology, Division of Laboratory and Genomic Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA. cburnham@wustl.edu.
Gautam DantasThe Edison Family Center for Genome Sciences and Systems Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA. dantas@wustl.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-0455-8370
Washington University in St. Louis · USKansas State University · US

Funding

WU INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCESUL1TR002345 · NCATS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI William G. Powderly · 2017 to 2026
$97.8M
TRAINING PROGRAM IN CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGYT32GM007067 · NIGMS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI TRUE-KROB, HEATHER L · 1985 to 2020
$20.4M
INSTITUTIONAL TRAINING GRANT IN GENOMIC SCIENCET32HG000045 · NHGRI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI MICHAEL R BRENT, Barak A Cohen · 1997 to 2026
$8.4M
Training Program in Cellular and Molecular BiologyT32GM139774 · NIGMS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI HEATHER L TRUE-KROB · 2021 to 2026
$6.7M
Impact of early-life perturbations on pediatric microbiome maturationR01AI155893 · NIAID · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Gautam Dantas · 2021 to 2026
$4.6M
PHYLOGENOMIC, TRANSCRIPTOMIC, VIROMIC, AND IMMUNOPROTEOMIC DETERMINANTS OF NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITISR01HD092414 · NICHD · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI DANTAS, GAUTAM, TARR, PHILLIP I · 2017 to 2021
$3.0M
Integrating Personal and Household Environmental Hygiene Measures to Prevent Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus InfectionR01HS024269 · AHRQ · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI FRITZ, STEPHANIE ANN · 2015 to 2019
$2.5M
EPIDEMIOLOGY AND ERADICATION OF MRSA IN HOUSEHOLDS WITH CHILDRENR01HS021736 · AHRQ · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI FRITZ, STEPHANIE ANN · 2012 to 2016
$2.5M
TRANSMISSION DYNAMICS OF CA-MRSA AMONG HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS AND THE HOME ENVIRONMENTK23AI091690 · NIAID · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI FRITZ, STEPHANIE ANN · 2011 to 2014
$506k
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Staphylococcus pseudintermedius is historically understood as a prevalent commensal and pathogen of dogs, though modern clinical diagnostics reveal an expanded host-range that includes humans. It remains unclear whether differentiation across S. pseudintermedius populations is driven primarily by niche-type or host-species. We sequenced 501 diagnostic and commensal isolates from a hospital, veterinary diagnostic laboratory, and within households in the American Midwest, and performed a comparative genomics investigation contrasting human diagnostic, animal diagnostic, human colonizing, pet colonizing, and household-surface S. pseudintermedius isolates. Though indistinguishable by core and accessory gene architecture, diagnostic isolates harbor more encoded and phenotypic resistance, whereas colonizing and surface isolates harbor similar CRISPR defense systems likely reflective of common household phage exposures. Furthermore, household isolates that persist through anti-staphylococcal decolonization report elevated rates of base-changing mutations in - and parallel evolution of - defense genes, as well as reductions in oxacillin and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole susceptibility. Together we report parallel niche-specific bolstering of S. pseudintermedius defense mechanisms through gene acquisition or mutation.

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Dog DiseasesStaphylococcal InfectionsAnimalsAnti-Bacterial AgentsDefense MechanismsDogsHumansMicrobial Sensitivity TestsOxacillinStaphylococcusAnti-Bacterial AgentsOxacillin

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PMID37923729
PMCPMC10624692
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