Molecular evolution of pathogenic bacteria based on rrsA gene
Journal Title: Journal of Medical and Allied Sciences - Year 2012, Vol 2, Issue 1
Abstract
Evolution of pathogens in prokaryotic bacteria was studied by 16srRNA genes. In this study rrsA genes of 45 bacteria were considered, which includes pathogens, non-pathogens and out- group bacteria. We considered non-pathogenic bacteria, for each class in bacterial classification, to support the pathogenic evolution. In this investigation, aligned nucleotide sequences of rrsA genes were used for Phylogenetic analysis and they have been clustered precisely. Maximum Likelihood (ML) and Maximum Parsimony (MP) methods were employed for the molecular evolution of pathogenic bacteria. The best-fit substitution model with the lowest Bayesian Information Criterion scores is considered to describe the substitution pattern the best, and non-uniformity of evolutionary rates among sites were modeled by using a discrete Gamma distribution. Nearest Neighbor Interchange (NNI) heuristic method was used to generate the tree for ML and Close Neighbor Interchange (CNI) on random trees search methods for MP. Further both the phylogenetic trees were statistically evaluated for accuracy by bootstrap value. Transition and transversion ratio of the rrsA genes have been estimated for the mutation frequency over the evolution by Maximum Composite Likelihood (MCL) bias and ML bias. Combined pathogenic and non pathogenic bacteria analysis reflected the clear diversity of bacteria over time and agrees with morphological and cytological data. These molecular evolution results should be useful to study the evolution pattern of pathogenic bacteria.
Authors and Affiliations
Aravind Setti| Department of Genetics & Biotechnology, Osmania University, Hyderabad 500 007, Andhra Pradesh, India, T A Phazna Devi| Department of Bioinformatics, VAC Biotechnologies, Hyderabad 500029, Andhra Pradesh, India, Smita C Pawar| Department of Genetics & Biotechnology, Osmania University, Hyderabad 500 007, Andhra Pradesh, India, G Rajesh| Department of Bioinformatics, VAC Biotechnologies, Hyderabad 500029, Andhra Pradesh, India, S Srikanth| Department of Genetics & Biotechnology, Osmania University, Hyderabad 500 007, Andhra Pradesh, India, S Kalyan| Department of Bioinformatics, VAC Biotechnologies, Hyderabad 500029, Andhra Pradesh, India
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