2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Identification and monitoring of the plasmid(s) spreading among different bacteria in natural environments
| Project/Area Number |
19H02869
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Review Section |
Basic Section 38020:Applied microbiology-related
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| Research Institution | Shizuoka University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
野尻 秀昭 東京大学, 大学院農学生命科学研究科(農学部), 教授 (90272468)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2019-04-01 – 2022-03-31
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| Keywords | プラスミド / 接合伝達 / 遺伝子の水平伝播 / 宿主域 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Various conjugative plasmids were obtained by exogenous plasmid capture, biparental mating, and/or triparental mating methods from different environmental samples in Japan. Based on phylogenetic analyses of their whole nucleotide sequences, new plasmids that could be classified into novel subgroups were obtained. The plasmids showed different features in replication and transfer host ranges. These findings indicate the presence of ‘hitherto-unnoticed’ conjugative plasmids in nature, which would have important roles in the exchange of various genes, including antibiotic resistance genes, among different bacteria.
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| Free Research Field |
環境微生物学
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
プラスミドの伝播現象は，微生物の進化・多様化を促すだけでなく，薬剤耐性遺伝子の伝播による多剤耐性菌の出現・蔓延にも繋がる．従って，環境中におけるプラスミドの伝播経路について知ることは，基礎学問・応用上も重要であるが，驚くほど情報が乏しい．本研究では，自然界で微生物の進化・多様化に寄与するとともに，薬剤耐性遺伝子を伝播するプラスミド群に類縁の重要なプラスミドを複数発見し，その性状を明らかにした．
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