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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, June 2005, p. 2674-2684, Vol. 43, No. 6
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.6.2674-2684.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Multilocus Sequence Typing for Studying Genetic Relationships among Yersinia Species

Mamuka Kotetishvili,1 Arnold Kreger,1 Georges Wauters,2 J. Glenn Morris Jr.,1 Alexander Sulakvelidze,1* and O. Colin Stine1

Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21201,1 University of Louvain, Faculty of Medicine, Microbiology Unit, B-1200 Brussels, Belgium2

Received 8 January 2005/ Returned for modification 9 February 2005/ Accepted 24 February 2005

The intra- and interspecies genetic relationships of 58 strains representing all currently known species of the genus Yersinia were examined by multilocus sequence typing (MLST), using sequence data from 16S RNA, glnA, gyrB, recA, and Y-HSP60 loci. Yersinia aldovae, Y. bercovieri, Y. intermedia, Y. pestis, Y. pseudotuberculosis, Y. rohdei, and Y. ruckeri were genetically more homogeneous than were Y. enterocolitica, Y. frederiksenii, Y. kristensenii, and Y. mollaretii. The MLST data concerning the genetic relatedness within and among various species of Yersinia support the idea that Y. pestis and Y. pseudotuberculosis are two lineages within the same species rather than two distinct species. Y. ruckeri is the genetically most distant species within the genus. There was evidence of O-antigen switching and genetic recombination within and among various species of Yersinia. The genetic relatedness data obtained by MLST of the four housekeeping genes and 16S RNA agreed in most, but not all, instances. MLST was better suited for determining genetic relatedness among yersiniae than was 16S RNA analysis. Some strains of Y. frederiksenii and Y. kristensenii are genetically less related to other strains within those species, compared to strains of all other species within the genus. The taxonomic standing of these strains should be further examined because they may represent currently unrecognized Yersinia species.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, MSTF Bldg., 10 South Pine Street, Baltimore, MD 21201. Phone: (410) 706-4587. Fax: (410) 706-4581. E-mail: asulakve{at}epi.umaryland.edu.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, June 2005, p. 2674-2684, Vol. 43, No. 6
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.6.2674-2684.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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