Vibrio vulnificus mutation rate: an in vitro approach

Francisco Jose Roig Molina, Carmen Amaro Gonzalez, Alejandro Alcaine Otin, Jesus Carro Fernandez

FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY(2023)

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Abstract
Vibrio vulnificus is a multi-host pathogenic species currently subdivided into five phylogenetic lineages (L) plus one pathovar with the ability to infect fish due to a transmissible virulence plasmid. This plasmid (or a fragment of it) has been transmitted between lineages within the species, contributing to the evolution of V. vulnificus. This study aimed to provide an experimental approximation to the V. vulnificus mutation rate by determining spontaneous mutation rates from bacterial cultures of representants of the different lineages by whole-genome sequencing. To this purpose, synonymous SNP differences, i.e., spontaneous mutation not subjected to the evolutive forces, between initial and final culture after serial growth were evaluated and used for mutation rate calculation.
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mutation,vitro
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