Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews, September 2004, p. 560-602, Vol. 68, No. 3
1092-2172/04/$08.00+0 DOI: 10.1128/MMBR.68.3.560-602.2004
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Phages and the Evolution of Bacterial Pathogens: from Genomic Rearrangements to Lysogenic Conversion
Harald Brüssow,1* Carlos Canchaya,1 and Wolf-Dietrich Hardt2*
Nestlé, Research Center, Vers-chez-les-Blanc, Lausanne,1
Institute for Microbiology, D-BIOL, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland2
Comparative genomics demonstrated that the chromosomes from bacteria and their viruses (bacteriophages) are coevolving. This process is most evident for bacterial pathogens where the majority contain prophages or phage remnants integrated into the bacterial DNA. Many prophages from bacterial pathogens encode virulence factors. Two situations can be distinguished: Vibrio cholerae, Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli, Corynebacterium diphtheriae, and Clostridium botulinum depend on a specific prophage-encoded toxin for causing a specific disease, whereas Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pyogenes, and Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium harbor a multitude of prophages and each phage-encoded virulence or fitness factor makes an incremental contribution to the fitness of the lysogen. These prophages behave like "swarms" of related prophages. Prophage diversification seems to be fueled by the frequent transfer of phage material by recombination with superinfecting phages, resident prophages, or occasional acquisition of other mobile DNA elements or bacterial chromosomal genes. Prophages also contribute to the diversification of the bacterial genome architecture. In many cases, they actually represent a large fraction of the strain-specific DNA sequences. In addition, they can serve as anchoring points for genome inversions. The current review presents the available genomics and biological data on prophages from bacterial pathogens in an evolutionary framework.
* Corresponding author. Mailing address for Harald Brüssow: Nestlé, Research Center, Vers-chez-les-Blanc, CH-1000 Lausanne, Switzerland. Phone: 41 21 785 86 76. Fax: 41 21 785 85 49. E-mail: harald.bruessow{at}rdls.nestle.com. Mailing address for Wolf-Dietrich Hardt: Institute for Microbiology, D-BIOL, ETH Zürich, Schmelzbergstr. 7, CH-8092 Zürich, Switzerland. Phone: 41 1 632 5143. Fax: 41 1 632 1129. E-mail: hardt{at}micro.biol.ethz.ch.
Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews, September 2004, p. 560-602, Vol. 68, No. 3
1092-2172/04/$08.00+0 DOI: 10.1128/MMBR.68.3.560-602.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.
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