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Multiple recent horizontal transfers of a large genomic region in cheese making fungi

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  • Kevin Cheeseman

    (INRA, UMR1319 Micalis
    Genomic Vision, 80-84 rue des Meuniers
    AgroParisTech, UMR Micalis)

  • Jeanne Ropars

    (Origine, Structure, Evolution de la Biodiversité, UMR 7205 CNRS-MNHN, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, CP39, 57 rue Cuvier
    Univ Paris-Sud, Ecologie, Systématique et Evolution, UMR8079
    CNRS, Ecologie, Systématique et Evolution, UMR8079)

  • Pierre Renault

    (INRA, UMR1319 Micalis
    AgroParisTech, UMR Micalis)

  • Joëlle Dupont

    (Origine, Structure, Evolution de la Biodiversité, UMR 7205 CNRS-MNHN, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, CP39, 57 rue Cuvier)

  • Jérôme Gouzy

    (LIMP Toulouse, INRA/CNRS, INRA, 24 Chemin de Borde Rouge—Auzeville, CS 52627
    INRA, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes (LIPM), UMR441
    CNRS, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes (LIPM), UMR2594)

  • Antoine Branca

    (Univ Paris-Sud, Ecologie, Systématique et Evolution, UMR8079
    CNRS, Ecologie, Systématique et Evolution, UMR8079)

  • Anne-Laure Abraham

    (INRA, UMR1319 Micalis
    AgroParisTech, UMR Micalis)

  • Maurizio Ceppi

    (Genomic Vision, 80-84 rue des Meuniers)

  • Emmanuel Conseiller

    (Genomic Vision, 80-84 rue des Meuniers)

  • Robert Debuchy

    (Univ Paris-Sud, Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie, UMR8621
    CNRS, Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie UMR8621)

  • Fabienne Malagnac

    (Univ Paris-Sud, Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie, UMR8621
    Univ Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Institut des Energies de Demain (IED))

  • Anne Goarin

    (Univ Paris-Sud, Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie, UMR8621)

  • Philippe Silar

    (Univ Paris-Sud, Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie, UMR8621
    Univ Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Institut des Energies de Demain (IED))

  • Sandrine Lacoste

    (Origine, Structure, Evolution de la Biodiversité, UMR 7205 CNRS-MNHN, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, CP39, 57 rue Cuvier)

  • Erika Sallet

    (LIMP Toulouse, INRA/CNRS, INRA, 24 Chemin de Borde Rouge—Auzeville, CS 52627
    INRA, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes (LIPM), UMR441
    CNRS, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes (LIPM), UMR2594)

  • Aaron Bensimon

    (Genomic Vision, 80-84 rue des Meuniers)

  • Tatiana Giraud

    (Univ Paris-Sud, Ecologie, Systématique et Evolution, UMR8079
    CNRS, Ecologie, Systématique et Evolution, UMR8079)

  • Yves Brygoo

    (13 ruelle d’Aigrefoin 78470 St Rémy-lès-Chevreuse)

Abstract

While the extent and impact of horizontal transfers in prokaryotes are widely acknowledged, their importance to the eukaryotic kingdom is unclear and thought by many to be anecdotal. Here we report multiple recent transfers of a huge genomic island between Penicillium spp. found in the food environment. Sequencing of the two leading filamentous fungi used in cheese making, P. roqueforti and P. camemberti, and comparison with the penicillin producer P. rubens reveals a 575 kb long genomic island in P. roqueforti—called Wallaby—present as identical fragments at non-homologous loci in P. camemberti and P. rubens. Wallaby is detected in Penicillium collections exclusively in strains from food environments. Wallaby encompasses about 250 predicted genes, some of which are probably involved in competition with microorganisms. The occurrence of multiple recent eukaryotic transfers in the food environment provides strong evidence for the importance of this understudied and probably underestimated phenomenon in eukaryotes.

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  • Kevin Cheeseman & Jeanne Ropars & Pierre Renault & Joëlle Dupont & Jérôme Gouzy & Antoine Branca & Anne-Laure Abraham & Maurizio Ceppi & Emmanuel Conseiller & Robert Debuchy & Fabienne Malagnac & Anne, 2014. "Multiple recent horizontal transfers of a large genomic region in cheese making fungi," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 5(1), pages 1-9, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:5:y:2014:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms3876
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3876
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