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A ubiquitous mobile genetic element changes the antagonistic weaponry of a human gut symbiont.

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Title: A ubiquitous mobile genetic element changes the antagonistic weaponry of a human gut symbiont.
Authors: Sheahan, Madeline L., Flores, Katia, Coyne, Michael J., García-Bayona, Leonor, Chatzidaki-Livanis, Maria, Holst, Andrea Q., Smith, Rita C., Sundararajan, Anitha, Barquera, Blanca, Comstock, Laurie E.
Source: Science (pre-March 2025). 10/25/2024, Vol. 386 Issue 6720, p414-420. 7p. 3 Color Photographs, 1 Diagram.
Subjects: Bacteroides fragilis, Microbiota, Gut microbiota, Phenotypes, Weapons, Mobile genetic elements, DNA insertion elements
Abstract: DNA transfer is ubiquitous in the human gut microbiota, especially among species of the order Bacteroidales. In silico analyses have revealed hundreds of mobile genetic elements shared between these species, yet little is known about the phenotypes they encode, their effects on fitness, or pleiotropic consequences for the recipientÕs genome. In this work, we show that acquisition of a ubiquitous integrative conjugative element (ICE) encoding a type VI secretion system (T6SS) shuts down the native T6SS of Bacteroides fragilis. Despite inactivating this T6SS, ICE acquisition increases the fitness of the B. fragilis transconjugant over its progenitor by arming it with the new T6SS. DNA transfer causes the strain to change allegiances so that it no longer targets ecosystem members with the same element yet is armed for communal defense. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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  Data: DNA transfer is ubiquitous in the human gut microbiota, especially among species of the order Bacteroidales. In silico analyses have revealed hundreds of mobile genetic elements shared between these species, yet little is known about the phenotypes they encode, their effects on fitness, or pleiotropic consequences for the recipientÕs genome. In this work, we show that acquisition of a ubiquitous integrative conjugative element (ICE) encoding a type VI secretion system (T6SS) shuts down the native T6SS of Bacteroides fragilis. Despite inactivating this T6SS, ICE acquisition increases the fitness of the B. fragilis transconjugant over its progenitor by arming it with the new T6SS. DNA transfer causes the strain to change allegiances so that it no longer targets ecosystem members with the same element yet is armed for communal defense. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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