Variation in the 16S-23S rRNA intergenic spacer regions in Vibrio parahaemolyticus strains are due to indels nearby their tRNAGlu |
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Authors: | González-Escalona Narjol Romero Jaime Guzmán Carlos A Espejo Romilio T |
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Institution: | Laboratorio de Biotecnología, Instituto de Nutrición y Tecnología de los Alimentos, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile. |
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Abstract: | Vibrio parahaemolyticus contains 11 rRNA operons each including one of six 16S-23S rRNA gene intergenic spacer classes differing in size and nucleotide sequence. Some of the spacer classes may differ between isolates. We observed that the differences in the spacers between isolates are generally in two spacer classes present in single copies in the genome, one class containing tRNA(Ala) and tRNA(Glu) and the other tRNA(Glu) exclusively. Moreover, these differences are due to indels located nearby their tRNA(Glu). Comparison of the nucleotide sequence between spacer classes suggests that intragenomic nonreciprocal recombination causes the size variations observed in the spacer regions of V. parahaemolyticus strains. |
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Keywords: | 16S–23S spacers vibrio parahaemolyticus diversity gene conversion |
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