638. Comparative Genomics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae Isolated From Children with Pneumonia: South Korea, 2010–2016

BACKGROUND: This study applied high-throughput whole-genome sequencing (WGS) technologies to investigate the comparative genomics of 30 M. pneumoniae strains isolated from children with pneumonia in South Korea during two epidemics from 2010 to 2016 in comparison with a global collection of 48 Mycoplasma pneumoniae strains which includes seven countries ranging from 1944 to 2017. METHODS: A total number of 30 M. pneumoniae strains were selected for whole-genome sequence analysis from two epidemics, 2010–2012 and 2014–2016. Next-generation sequencing (NGS) of all M. pneumoniae strains was performed using the Illumina MiSeq desktop sequencer. Comparative genomic analysis was performed using BLAST Ring Image Generator (BRIG), MAUVE, MAFFT, CLC Phylogeny Module, SnpEff, and Pathosystems Resource Integration Center (PATRIC). RESULTS: The 30 Korean strains had approximately 40% GC content and ranged from 815,686 to 818,669 base pairs, coding for a total of 809 to 828 genes. Overall, BRIG revealed 99% to>99% similarity among strains. The genomic similarity dropped to approximately 95% in the P1 type 2 strains when aligned to the reference M129 genome, which corresponded to the region of the p1 gene. MAUVE detected four subtype-specific of which were all hypothetical proteins except for one tRNA insertion in all P1 type 1 strains. eBURST analysis demonstrated two clonal complexes which are accordant with the known P1 typing, with higher diversity among P1 type 2 strains. The phylogenetic tree constructed with 78 genomes including 48 genomes outside Korea, formed three clusters, in which the sequence type 3 strains from Korea were divided into two P1 type 1 clusters. CONCLUSION: The comparative genomics of the 78 M. pneumoniae strains including 30 strains from Korea by WGS reveals structural diversity and phylogenetic associations, even though the similarity across the strains was very high. DISCLOSURES: All authors: No reported disclosures.