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The origin of the Mycoplasma mycoides cluster coincides with domestication of ruminants

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Title The origin of the Mycoplasma mycoides cluster coincides with domestication of ruminants
 
Creator Fischer, A.
Shapiro, Barry I.
Muriuki, C.
Heller, M.
Schnee, C.
Bongcam-Rudloff, E.
Frey, J.
Jores, Joerg
 
Subject contagious caprine pleuropneumonia
cattle
goats
 
Description The ‘Mycoplasma mycoides cluster’ comprises the ruminant pathogens Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides the causative agent of contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP), Mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae the agent of contagious caprine pleuropneumonia (CCPP), Mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capricolum, Mycoplasma leachii and Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. capri. CBPP and CCPP are major livestock diseases and impact the agricultural sector especially in developing countries through reduced food-supply and international trade restrictions. In addition, these diseases are a threat to disease-free countries. We used a multilocus sequence typing (MLST) approach to gain insights into the demographic history of and phylogenetic relationships among the members of the ‘M. mycoides cluster’. We collected partial sequences from seven housekeeping genes representing a total of 3,816 base pairs from 118 strains within this cluster, and five strains isolated from wild Caprinae. Strikingly, the origin of the ‘M. mycoides cluster’ dates to about 10,000 years ago, suggesting that the establishment and spread of the cluster coincided with livestock domestication. In addition, we show that hybridization and recombination may be important factors in the evolutionary history of the cluster.
 
Date 2012-04-27
2012-05-02T17:02:02Z
2012-05-02T17:02:02Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Fischer, A., Shapiro, B., Muriuki, C., Heller, M., Schnee, C., Bongcam-Rudloff, E., Frey, J. and J. Jores. 2012. The origin of the Mycoplasma mycoides cluster coincides with domestication of ruminants. PLoS ONE 7(4): e36150.
1932-6203
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/16907
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0036150
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Publisher Public Library of Science (PLoS)
 
Source PLOS ONE