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Novel insights into the pig gut microbiome using metagenome-assembled genomes

View ORCID ProfileDevin B. Holman, Arun Kommadath, Jeffrey P. Tingley, D. Wade Abbott
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.05.19.492759
Devin B. Holman
aLacombe Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 6000 C&E Trail, Lacombe, AB, T4L1W1, Canada
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Arun Kommadath
aLacombe Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 6000 C&E Trail, Lacombe, AB, T4L1W1, Canada
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Jeffrey P. Tingley
bLethbridge Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 5403 1st Avenue South, Lethbridge, AB, T1J 4B1, Canada
cDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB T1K 6T5, Canada
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D. Wade Abbott
bLethbridge Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 5403 1st Avenue South, Lethbridge, AB, T1J 4B1, Canada
cDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB T1K 6T5, Canada
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Pigs are among the most numerous and intensively farmed food-producing animals in the world. The gut microbiome plays an important role in the health and performance of swine and changes rapidly after weaning. Here, fecal samples were collected from pigs at 7 different times points from 7 to 140 days of age. These swine fecal metagenomes were used to assemble 1,150 dereplicated metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) that were at least 90% complete and had less than 5% contamination. These MAGs represented 472 archaeal and bacterial species, and the most widely distributed MAGs were the uncultured species Collinsella sp002391315, Sodaliphilus sp004557565, and Prevotella sp000434975. Weaning was associated with a decrease in the relative abundance of 69 MAGs (e.g. Escherichia coli) and an increase in the relative abundance of 140 MAGs (e.g. Clostridium sp000435835, Oliverpabstia intestinalis). Genes encoding for the production of the short-chain fatty acids acetate, butyrate, and propionate were identified in 68.5%, 18.8%, and 8.3% of the MAGs, respectively. Carbohydrate-active enzymes associated with the degradation of arabinose oligosaccharides and mixed-linkage glucans were predicted to be most prevalent among the MAGs. Antimicrobial resistance genes were detected in 327 MAGs, including 59 MAGs with tetracycline resistance genes commonly associated with pigs such as tet(44), tet(Q), and tet(W). Overall, 82% of the MAGs were assigned to species that lack cultured representatives indicating that a large portion of the swine gut microbiome is still poorly characterized. The results here also demonstrate the value of MAGs in adding genomic context to gut microbiomes.

Importance Many of the bacterial strains found in the mammalian gut are difficult to culture and isolate due to their various growth and nutrient requirements that are frequently unknown. Here, we assembled strain-level genomes from short metagenomic sequences, so-called metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs), that were derived from fecal samples collected from pigs at multiple time points. The majority of these MAGs represented bacterial species that have yet to be cultured or described thus underlining the need for cultivation studies that isolate and describe novel bacterial species. The genomic context of a number of antimicrobial resistance genes commonly detected in swine was also determined. In addition, our study connected taxonomy with potential metabolic functions such as carbohydrate degradation and short-chain fatty acid production.

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Novel insights into the pig gut microbiome using metagenome-assembled genomes
Devin B. Holman, Arun Kommadath, Jeffrey P. Tingley, D. Wade Abbott
bioRxiv 2022.05.19.492759; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.05.19.492759
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Novel insights into the pig gut microbiome using metagenome-assembled genomes
Devin B. Holman, Arun Kommadath, Jeffrey P. Tingley, D. Wade Abbott
bioRxiv 2022.05.19.492759; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.05.19.492759

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