title: Porphyromonas gingivalis strain diversity.
abstract: Porphyromonas gingivalis is implicated in the etiology of chronic periodontitis. Genotyping studies suggest that genetic variability exists among P. gingivalis strains; however, the extent of variability remains unclear and regions of variability remain largely unidentified. To assess P. gingivalis strain diversity, we previously used heteroduplex analysis of the ribosomal operon intergenic spacer region (ISR) to type strains in clinical samples and identified 22 heteroduplex types. Additionally, we used ISR sequence analysis to determine the relatedness of P. gingivalis strains to one another and demonstrated a link between ISR sequence phylogeny and the disease-associated phenotype of the strains. In the current study, heteroduplex analysis of the ISR was used to determine the worldwide genetic variability and distribution of P. gingivalis, and microarray-based comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) analysis was used to more comprehensively examine the variability of major heteroduplex type strains by using the entire genome. Heteroduplex analysis of clinical samples from geographically diverse populations identified 6 predominant geographically widespread heteroduplex types (prevalence, > or = 5%) and 14 rare heteroduplex types (prevalence, <2%) which are found in one or a few locations. CGH analysis of the genomes of seven clinically prevalent heteroduplex type strains identified 133 genes from strain W83 that were divergent in at least one of the other strains. The relatedness of the strains to one another determined on the basis of genome content (microarray) analysis was highly similar to their relatedness determined on the basis of ISR sequence analysis, and a striking correlation between the genome contents and disease-associated phenotypes of the strains was observed.
authors.affiliation: Division of Oral Biology, College of Dentistry, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
authors.forename: Christina O
authors.initials: CO
authors.lastname: Igboin
authors.forename: Ann L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Griffen
authors.forename: Eugene J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Leys
mesh_terms: D016000:Cluster Analysis; D055028:Comparative Genomic Hybridization; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / Q000235:genetics; D014644:Genetic Variation; D005838:Genotype; D005843:Geography; D020180:Heteroduplex Analysis; D006801:Humans; D010518:Periodontitis / Q000382:microbiology*; D010802:Phylogeny; D016966:Porphyromonas gingivalis / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer
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