Genome comparison between clinical and environmental strains of Herbaspirillum seropedicae reveals a potential new emerging bacterium adapted to human hosts.

Helisson FaoroWillian K OliveiraVinicius A WeissMichelle Z Tadra-SfeirRodrigo L CardosoEduardo BalsanelliLiziane C C Brusamarello-SantosDoumit Camilios-NetoLeonardo M CruzRoberto T RaittzAna C Q MarquesJohn LiPumaCyntia M T Fadel-PichethEmanuel M SouzaFabio O Pedrosa

Published in: BMC genomics (2019)

Our findings suggest that the lifestyle transition from environment to opportunist led to the loss and acquisition of specific genes allowing adaptations to colonize and survive in new hosts. It is possible that these substitutions may be the starting point for interactions with new hosts.

Keyphrases

endothelial cells
genome wide
human health
escherichia coli
metabolic syndrome
pluripotent stem cells
gene expression
risk assessment
high intensity
dna methylation
bioinformatics analysis
climate change