FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Vibrio splendidus O-antigen structure: A trade-off between virulence to oysters and resistance to grazers BT AF Oyanedel, Daniel Labreuche, Yannick Bruto, Maxime Amraoui, Hajar Robino, Etienne Haffner, Philippe Rubio, Tristan Charrière, Guillaume LE ROUX, Frederique Destoumieux-Garzón, Delphine AS 1:1,5;2:2,3;3:2,3;4:5;5:1,5;6:1;7:4,5;8:5;9:2,3;10:5; FF 1:;2:PDG-RBE-PFOM;3:PDG-RBE-PFOM;4:;5:;6:PDG-RBE-IHPE;7:;8:;9:PDG-RBE-PFOM;10:; C1 IHPE, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, Ifremer, Université de Perpignan Via Domitia; Montpellier, France Ifremer, Unité Physiologie Fonctionnelle des Organismes Marins, ZI de la Pointe du Diable, CS 10070; F-29280 Plouzané, France Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Paris 06, CNRS, UMR 8227, Integrative Biology of Marine Models, Station Biologique de Roscoff, CS 90074; F-29688, Roscoff cedex, France Univ Lyon, CNRS, UMR 5086, Mol Microbiol & Struct Biochem, F-69367 Lyon, France IHPE, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, Ifremer, Université de Perpignan Via Domitia; Montpellier, France C2 IFREMER, FRANCE IFREMER, FRANCE UNIV SORBONNE, FRANCE UNIV LYON, FRANCE UNIV MONTPELLIER, FRANCE SI MONTPELLIER ROSCOFF SE PDG-RBE-IHPE PDG-RBE-PFOM UM IHPE IN WOS Ifremer UPR WOS Ifremer UMR WOS Cotutelle UMR copubli-france copubli-univ-france IF 5.491 TC 12 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00619/73070/72194.pdf LA English DT Article AB A major debate in evolutionary biology is whether virulence is maintained as an adaptive trait and/or evolves to non‐virulence. In the environment, virulence traits of non‐obligatory parasites are subjected to diverse selective pressures and trade‐offs. Here we focus on a population of Vibrio splendidus that displays moderate virulence for oysters. A MARTX (Multifunctional‐autoprocessing repeats‐in‐toxin) and a type‐six secretion system (T6SS) were found to be necessary for virulence toward oysters, while a region (wbe) involved in O‐antigen synthesis is necessary for resistance to predation against amoebae. Gene inactivation within the wbe region had major consequences on the O‐antigen structure, conferring lower immunogenicity, competitive advantage and increased virulence in oyster experimental infections. Therefore, O‐antigen structures that favor resistance to environmental predators result in an increased activation of the oyster immune system and a reduced virulence in that host. These trade‐offs likely contribute to maintaining O‐antigen diversity in the marine environment by favoring genomic plasticity of the wbe region. The results of this study indicate an evolution of V. splendidus toward moderate virulence as a compromise between fitness in the oyster as a host, and resistance to its predators in the environment. PY 2020 PD OCT SO Environmental Microbiology SN 1462-2912 PU Wiley VL 22 IS 10 UT 000523212500001 BP 4264 EP 4278 DI 10.1111/1462-2920.14996 ID 73070 ER EF