Taxonomic group: bacteria / Proteobacteria
(Phylum: Proteobacteria)
Associated disease: infection due to Acinetobacter baumannii [ICD11:
XN8LS 
]
NCBI PubMed ID: 25247305Publication DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0107833Journal NLM ID: 101285081Publisher: San Francisco, CA: Public Library of Science
Correspondence: ruth.hall
sydney.edu.au
Institutions: School of Molecular Bioscience, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Lipooligosaccharide (LOS) is a complex surface structure that is linked to many pathogenic properties of Acinetobacter baumannii. In A. baumannii, the genes responsible for the synthesis of the outer core (OC) component of the LOS are located between ilvE and aspS. The content of the OC locus is usually variable within a species, and examination of 6 complete and 227 draft A. baumannii genome sequences available in GenBank non-redundant and Whole Genome Shotgun databases revealed nine distinct new types, OCL4-OCL12, in addition to the three known ones. The twelve gene clusters fell into two distinct groups, designated Group A and Group B, based on similarities in the genes present. OCL6 (Group B) was unique in that it included genes for the synthesis of L-Rhamnosep. Genetic exchange of the different configurations between strains has occurred as some OC forms were found in several different sequence types (STs). OCL1 (Group A) was the most widely distributed being present in 18 STs, and OCL6 was found in 16 STs. Variation within clones was also observed, with more than one OC locus type found in the two globally disseminated clones, GC1 and GC2, that include the majority of multiply antibiotic resistant isolates. OCL1 was the most abundant gene cluster in both GC1 and GC2 genomes but GC1 isolates also carried OCL2, OCL3 or OCL5, and OCL3 was also present in GC2. As replacement of the OC locus in the major global clones indicates the presence of sub-lineages, a PCR typing scheme was developed to rapidly distinguish Group A and Group B types, and to distinguish the specific forms found in GC1 and GC2 isolates.
Lipooligosaccharide, LOS, Acinetobacter, Acinetobacter baumannii, gene cluster, database
Structure type: oligomer
Location inside paper: p.e107833-2, fig.1, 2
Aglycon: lipid A
Compound class: LOS
Contained glycoepitopes: IEDB_130650,IEDB_130659,IEDB_136105,IEDB_137340,IEDB_141807,IEDB_151531,IEDB_225177,IEDB_885823
Methods: PCR, genetic methods, bioinformatic analysis
Biosynthesis and genetic data: genetic data
Related record ID(s): 30078
NCBI Taxonomy refs (TaxIDs): 470Reference(s) to other database(s): GTC:G33451OR
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