Genetic and functional characterisation of the lactococcal P335 phage-host interactions

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Date
2017-02-10
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Mahony, Jennifer
Oliveira, Joana
Collins, Barry
Hanemaaijer, Laurens
Lugli, Gabriele A.
Neve, Horst
Ventura, Marco
Kouwen, Thijs R.
Cambillau, Christian
van Sinderen, Douwe
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BioMed Central
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10.1186/s12864-017-3537-5
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Background: Despite continuous research efforts, bacterio(phages) infecting Lactococcus lactis starter strains persist as a major threat to dairy fermentations. The lactococcal P335 phages, which are currently classified into four sub-groups (I-IV), are the second most frequently isolated phage group in an industrial dairy context. Results: The current work describes the isolation and comparative genomic analysis of 17 novel P335 group phages. Detailed analysis of the genomic region of P335 phages encoding the so-called “baseplate”, which includes the receptor binding protein (RBP) was combined with a functional characterization of the RBP of sub-group III and IV phages. Additionally, calcium-dependence assays revealed a specific requirement for calcium by sub-group IV phages while host range analysis highlighted a higher number of strains with CWPS type A (11 of 39 strains) are infected by the P335 phages assessed in this study than those with a C (five strains), B (three of 39 strains) or unknown (one of 39 strains) CWPS type. Conclusions: These analyses revealed significant divergence among RBP sequences, apparently reflecting their unique interactions with the host and particularly for strains with a type A CWPS. The implications of the genomic architecture of lactococcal P335 phages on serving as a general model for Siphoviridae phages are discussed.
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Bacteriophage , Lactococcus lactis , Dairy Fermentation , Receptor-binding protein
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Mahony, J., Oliveira, J., Collins, B., Hanemaaijer, L., Lugli, G. A., Neve, H., Ventura, M., Kouwen, T. R., Cambillau, C. and van Sinderen, D. (2017) 'Genetic and functional characterisation of the lactococcal P335 phage-host interactions', BMC Genomics, 18(1), pp. 146. doi:10.1186/s12864-017-3537-5
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https://hdl.handle.net/10468/3666
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