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Gross J, Katz S, Hershberg R. Pseudomonas putida Dynamics of Adaptation under Prolonged Resource Exhaustion. Genome Biol Evol 2024; 16:evae117. [PMID: 38849986 PMCID: PMC11179108 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evae117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2023] [Revised: 05/19/2024] [Accepted: 05/30/2024] [Indexed: 06/09/2024] Open
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Many nonsporulating bacterial species survive prolonged resource exhaustion, by entering a state termed long-term stationary phase. Here, we performed long-term stationary phase evolutionary experiments on the bacterium Pseudomonas putida, followed by whole-genome sequencing of evolved clones. We show that P. putida is able to persist and adapt genetically under long-term stationary phase. We observed an accumulation of mutations within the evolving P. putida populations. Within each population, independently evolving lineages are established early on and persist throughout the 4-month-long experiment. Mutations accumulate in a highly convergent manner, with similar loci being mutated across independently evolving populations. Across populations, mutators emerge, that due to mutations within mismatch repair genes developed a much higher rate of mutation than other clones with which they coexisted within their respective populations. While these general dynamics of the adaptive process are quite similar to those we previously observed in the model bacterium Escherichia coli, the specific loci that are involved in adaptation only partially overlap between P. putida and E. coli.
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- Jonathan Gross
- Rachel & Menachem Mendelovitch Evolutionary Processes of Mutation & Natural Selection Research Laboratory, Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology, the Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 31096, Israel
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- Rachel & Menachem Mendelovitch Evolutionary Processes of Mutation & Natural Selection Research Laboratory, Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology, the Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 31096, Israel
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- Rachel & Menachem Mendelovitch Evolutionary Processes of Mutation & Natural Selection Research Laboratory, Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology, the Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 31096, Israel
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Vaval Taylor DM, Xayarath B, Freitag NE. Two Permeases Associated with the Multifunctional CtaP Cysteine Transport System in Listeria monocytogenes Play Distinct Roles in Pathogenesis. Microbiol Spectr 2023; 11:e0331722. [PMID: 37199604 PMCID: PMC10269559 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.03317-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2022] [Accepted: 04/05/2023] [Indexed: 05/19/2023] Open
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The soil-dwelling bacterium Listeria monocytogenes survives a multitude of conditions when residing in the outside environment and as a pathogen within host cells. Key to survival within the infected mammalian host is the expression of bacterial gene products necessary for nutrient acquisition. Similar to many bacteria, L. monocytogenes uses peptide import to acquire amino acids. Peptide transport systems play an important role in nutrient uptake as well as in additional functions that include bacterial quorum sensing and signal transduction, recycling of peptidoglycan fragments, adherence to eukaryotic cells, and alterations in antibiotic susceptibility. It has been previously described that CtaP, encoded by lmo0135, is a multifunctional protein associated with activities that include cysteine transport, resistance to acid, membrane integrity, and bacterial adherence to host cells. ctaP is located next to two genes predicted to encode membrane-bound permeases lmo0136 and lmo0137, termed CtpP1 and CtpP2, respectively. Here, we show that CtpP1 and CtpP2 are required for bacterial growth in the presence of low concentrations of cysteine and for virulence in mouse infection models. Taken together, the data identify distinct nonoverlapping roles for two related permeases that are important for the growth and survival of L. monocytogenes within host cells. IMPORTANCE Bacterial peptide transport systems are important for nutrient uptake and may additionally function in a variety of other roles, including bacterial communication, signal transduction, and bacterial adherence to eukaryotic cells. Peptide transport systems often consist of a substrate-binding protein associated with a membrane-spanning permease. The environmental bacterial pathogen Listeria monocytogenes uses the substrate-binding protein CtaP not only for cysteine transport but also for resistance to acid, maintenance of membrane integrity, and bacterial adherence to host cells. In this study, we demonstrate complementary yet distinct functional roles for two membrane permeases, CtpP1 and CtpP2, that are encoded by genes linked to ctaP and that contribute to bacterial growth, invasion, and pathogenicity.
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- Diandra M. Vaval Taylor
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Guan H, Sun Y, Hou W, Zhao W, Wang P, Zhao S, Zhao X, Wang D. Infection behavior of Listeria monocytogenes on iceberg lettuce (Lactuca sativa var. capitata). Food Res Int 2023; 165:112487. [PMID: 36869448 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2023.112487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2022] [Revised: 10/31/2022] [Accepted: 01/13/2023] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Iceberg lettuce among leafy vegetables is susceptible to contamination with foodborne pathogens, posing a risk of food microbial safety. Listeria monocytogenes (L. monocytogenes) is a highly lethal pathogen that can survive and proliferate on leafy vegetables. In this paper, the contamination stage, attachment site, internalization pathway, proliferation process, extracellular substance secretion and virulence factors expression of L. monocytogenes on iceberg lettuce were researched. Results showed that the contamination stage of L. monocytogenes on iceberg lettuce was 0-20 min, the proliferation stage was after 20 min. The attachment tissues were stomata and winkles. The internalization distance of L. monocytogenes in the midrib was farther than that in the leaf blade. They enhanced the movement ability of cells by up-regulating the expression of flaA and motA genes, and enhanced the adhesion ability of cells by up-regulating the expression of actA and inla genes, which was beneficial to the proliferation. During proliferation, cells gradually secreted extracellular substances to promote the biofilm formation on iceberg lettuce. The formation of biofilms experienced: individual bacteria, cell aggregation and biofilm maturation. Biofilms were more likely to form on the leaf blade of iceberg lettuce.
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- Hongyang Guan
- Institute of Agri-food Processing and Nutrition, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing Key Laboratory of Fruits and Vegetables Preservation and Processing, Key Laboratory of Vegetable Postharvest Processing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing 100097, China; College of Food Science, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110866, China
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- Institute of Agri-food Processing and Nutrition, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing Key Laboratory of Fruits and Vegetables Preservation and Processing, Key Laboratory of Vegetable Postharvest Processing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing 100097, China
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- Institute of Agri-food Processing and Nutrition, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing Key Laboratory of Fruits and Vegetables Preservation and Processing, Key Laboratory of Vegetable Postharvest Processing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing 100097, China
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- Institute of Agri-food Processing and Nutrition, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing Key Laboratory of Fruits and Vegetables Preservation and Processing, Key Laboratory of Vegetable Postharvest Processing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing 100097, China
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- Institute of Agri-food Processing and Nutrition, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing Key Laboratory of Fruits and Vegetables Preservation and Processing, Key Laboratory of Vegetable Postharvest Processing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing 100097, China
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- Institute of Agri-food Processing and Nutrition, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing Key Laboratory of Fruits and Vegetables Preservation and Processing, Key Laboratory of Vegetable Postharvest Processing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing 100097, China
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- Institute of Agri-food Processing and Nutrition, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing Key Laboratory of Fruits and Vegetables Preservation and Processing, Key Laboratory of Vegetable Postharvest Processing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing 100097, China
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- Institute of Agri-food Processing and Nutrition, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing Key Laboratory of Fruits and Vegetables Preservation and Processing, Key Laboratory of Vegetable Postharvest Processing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing 100097, China.
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Nandy P. The role of sigma factor competition in bacterial adaptation under prolonged starvation. MICROBIOLOGY (READING, ENGLAND) 2022; 168. [PMID: 35594140 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.001195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The study of adaptive microbial evolution in the laboratory can illuminate the genetic mechanisms of gaining fitness under a pre-defined set of selection factors. Laboratory evolution of bacteria under long-term starvation has gained importance in recent years because of its ability to uncover adaptive strategies that overcome prolonged nutrient limitation, a condition often encountered by natural microbes. In this evolutionary paradigm, bacteria are maintained in an energy-restricted environment in a growth phase called long-term stationary phase (LTSP). This phase is characterized by a stable, viable population size and highly dynamic genetic changes. Multiple independent iterations of LTSP evolution experiments have given rise to mutants that are slow-growing compared to the ancestor. Although the antagonistic regulation between rapid growth and the stress response is well-known in bacteria (especially Escherichia coli), the growth deficit of many LTSP-adapted mutants has not been explored in detail. In this review, I pinpoint the trade-off between growth and stress response as a dominant driver of evolutionary strategies under prolonged starvation. Focusing on mainly E. coli-based research, I discuss the various affectors and regulators of the competition between sigma factors to occupy their targets on the genome, and assess its effect on growth advantage in stationary phase (GASP). Finally, I comment on some crucial issues that hinder the progress of the field, including identification of novel metabolites in nutrient-depleted media, and the importance of using multidisciplinary research to resolve them.
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- Pabitra Nandy
- National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS-TIFR), Bangalore, India.,Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Plӧn, Germany
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Kokkoni EA, Andritsos N, Sakarikou C, Michailidou S, Argiriou A, Giaouris E. Investigating Transcriptomic Induction of Resistance and/or Virulence in Listeria monocytogenes Cells Surviving Sublethal Antimicrobial Exposure. Foods 2021; 10:foods10102382. [PMID: 34681431 PMCID: PMC8535302 DOI: 10.3390/foods10102382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2021] [Revised: 09/26/2021] [Accepted: 10/05/2021] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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The potential transcriptomic induction of resistance and/or virulence in two L. monocytogenes strains belonging to the most frequent listeriosis-associated serovars (i.e., 1/2a and 4b), following their sublethal antimicrobial exposure, was studied through qPCR determination of the relative expression of 10 selected related genes (i.e., groEL, hly, iap, inlA, inlB, lisK, mdrD, mdrL, prfA, and sigB). To induce sublethal stress, three common antimicrobials (i.e., benzalkonium chloride, thymol, and ampicillin) were individually applied for 2 h at 37 °C against stationary phase cells of each strain, each at a sublethal concentration. In general, the expression of most of the studied genes remained either stable or was significantly downregulated following the antimicrobial exposure, with some strain-specific differences to be yet recorded. Thymol provoked downregulation of most of the studied genes, significantly limiting the expression of 6/10 and 4/10 genes in the strains of ser. 1/2a and ser. 4b, respectively, including those coding for the master regulators of stress response and virulence (SigB and PrfA, respectively), in both strains. At the same time, the two genes coding for the invasion internalin proteins (InlA and InlB), with crucial role in the onset of L. monocytogenes pathogenesis, were both importantly upregulated in ser. 4b strain. The results obtained increase our knowledge of the stress physiology of L. monocytogenes under certain sublethal antimicrobial conditions that could be encountered within the food chain and in clinical settings, and may assist in better and more effective mitigation strategies.
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- Eleni-Anna Kokkoni
- Department of Food Science and Nutrition, School of the Environment, University of the Aegean, Ierou Lochou 10 & Makrygianni, 81400 Myrina, Greece; (E.-A.K.); (N.A.); (C.S.); (S.M.); (A.A.)
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- Department of Food Science and Nutrition, School of the Environment, University of the Aegean, Ierou Lochou 10 & Makrygianni, 81400 Myrina, Greece; (E.-A.K.); (N.A.); (C.S.); (S.M.); (A.A.)
- Athens Analysis Laboratories S.A., Microbiology Laboratory, Nafpliou 29, 14452 Metamorfosi, Greece
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- Department of Food Science and Nutrition, School of the Environment, University of the Aegean, Ierou Lochou 10 & Makrygianni, 81400 Myrina, Greece; (E.-A.K.); (N.A.); (C.S.); (S.M.); (A.A.)
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- Department of Food Science and Nutrition, School of the Environment, University of the Aegean, Ierou Lochou 10 & Makrygianni, 81400 Myrina, Greece; (E.-A.K.); (N.A.); (C.S.); (S.M.); (A.A.)
- Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH), Institute of Applied Biosciences, 57001 Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Department of Food Science and Nutrition, School of the Environment, University of the Aegean, Ierou Lochou 10 & Makrygianni, 81400 Myrina, Greece; (E.-A.K.); (N.A.); (C.S.); (S.M.); (A.A.)
- Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH), Institute of Applied Biosciences, 57001 Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Department of Food Science and Nutrition, School of the Environment, University of the Aegean, Ierou Lochou 10 & Makrygianni, 81400 Myrina, Greece; (E.-A.K.); (N.A.); (C.S.); (S.M.); (A.A.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +30-22540-83115
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Shoemaker WR, Polezhaeva E, Givens KB, Lennon JT. Molecular Evolutionary Dynamics of Energy Limited Microorganisms. Mol Biol Evol 2021; 38:4532-4545. [PMID: 34255090 PMCID: PMC8476154 DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msab195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Microorganisms have the unique ability to survive extended periods of time in environments with extremely low levels of exploitable energy. To determine the extent that energy limitation affects microbial evolution, we examined the molecular evolutionary dynamics of a phylogenetically diverse set of taxa over the course of 1,000 days. We found that periodic exposure to energy limitation affected the rate of molecular evolution, the accumulation of genetic diversity, and the rate of extinction. We then determined the degree that energy limitation affected the spectrum of mutations as well as the direction of evolution at the gene level. Our results suggest that the initial depletion of energy altered the direction and rate of molecular evolution within each taxon, though after the initial depletion the rate and direction did not substantially change. However, this consistent pattern became diminished when comparisons were performed across phylogenetically distant taxa, suggesting that while the dynamics of molecular evolution under energy limitation are highly generalizable across the microbial tree of life, the targets of adaptation are specific to a given taxon.
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- William R Shoemaker
- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 47405, USA.,Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USACurrent affiliation
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- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 47405, USA.,Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 47408, USACurrent affiliation
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- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 47405, USA
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Identification of Listeria monocytogenes Genes Contributing to Oxidative Stress Resistance under Conditions Relevant to Host Infection. Infect Immun 2021; 89:IAI.00700-20. [PMID: 33495274 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00700-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2020] [Accepted: 01/08/2021] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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The Gram-positive bacterium Listeria monocytogenes survives in environments ranging from the soil to the cytosol of infected host cells. Key to L. monocytogenes intracellular survival is the activation of PrfA, a transcriptional regulator that is required for the expression of multiple bacterial virulence factors. Mutations that constitutively activate prfA (prfA* mutations) result in high-level expression of multiple bacterial virulence factors as well as the physiological adaptation of L. monocytogenes for optimal replication within host cells. Here, we demonstrate that L. monocytogenes prfA* mutants exhibit significantly enhanced resistance to oxidative stress in comparison to that of wild-type strains. Transposon mutagenesis of L. monocytogenes prfA* strains resulted in the identification of three novel gene targets required for full oxidative stress resistance only in the context of PrfA activation. One gene, lmo0779, predicted to encode an uncharacterized protein, and two additional genes known as cbpA and ygbB, encoding a cyclic di-AMP binding protein and a 2-C-methyl-d-erythritol 2,4-cyclodiphosphate synthase, respectively, contribute to the enhanced oxidative stress resistance of prfA* strains while exhibiting no significant contribution in wild-type L. monocytogenes Transposon inactivation of cbpA and lmo0779 in a prfA* background led to reduced virulence in the liver of infected mice. These results indicate that L. monocytogenes calls upon specific bacterial factors for stress resistance in the context of PrfA activation and thus under conditions favorable for bacterial replication within infected mammalian cells.
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Cross Talk between SigB and PrfA in Listeria monocytogenes Facilitates Transitions between Extra- and Intracellular Environments. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 2019; 83:83/4/e00034-19. [PMID: 31484692 DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.00034-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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The foodborne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes can modulate its transcriptome and proteome to ensure its survival during transmission through vastly differing environmental conditions. While L. monocytogenes utilizes a large array of regulators to achieve survival and growth in different intra- and extrahost environments, the alternative sigma factor σB and the transcriptional activator of virulence genes protein PrfA are two key transcriptional regulators essential for responding to environmental stress conditions and for host infection. Importantly, emerging evidence suggests that the shift from extrahost environments to the host gastrointestinal tract and, subsequently, to intracellular environments requires regulatory interplay between σB and PrfA at transcriptional, posttranscriptional, and protein activity levels. Here, we review the current evidence for cross talk and interplay between σB and PrfA and their respective regulons and highlight the plasticity of σB and PrfA cross talk and the role of this cross talk in facilitating successful transition of L. monocytogenes from diverse extrahost to diverse extra- and intracellular host environments.
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Tiensuu T, Guerreiro DN, Oliveira AH, O’Byrne C, Johansson J. Flick of a switch: regulatory mechanisms allowing Listeria monocytogenes to transition from a saprophyte to a killer. Microbiology (Reading) 2019; 165:819-833. [DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.000808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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- Teresa Tiensuu
- Department of Molecular Biology; Molecular Infection Medicine, Sweden (MIMS); Umeå Centre for Microbial Research, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Bacterial Stress Response Group, Microbiology, School of Natural Sciences, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway H91 TK33, Ireland
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- Department of Molecular Biology; Molecular Infection Medicine, Sweden (MIMS); Umeå Centre for Microbial Research, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Bacterial Stress Response Group, Microbiology, School of Natural Sciences, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway H91 TK33, Ireland
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- Department of Molecular Biology; Molecular Infection Medicine, Sweden (MIMS); Umeå Centre for Microbial Research, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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Hingston PA, Truelstrup Hansen L, Pombert JF, Wang S. Characterization of Listeria monocytogenes enhanced cold-tolerance variants isolated during prolonged cold storage. Int J Food Microbiol 2019; 306:108262. [PMID: 31362162 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2019.108262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2019] [Revised: 05/04/2019] [Accepted: 07/07/2019] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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In this study, we show that growth and prolonged storage of Listeria monocytogenes at 4 °C can promote the selection of variants with enhanced cold and heat tolerance. Enhanced cold-tolerance (ECT) variants (n = 12) were successfully isolated from a strain with impaired cold growth abilities following 84 days of storage at 4 °C in brain heart infusion broth (BHIB). Whole genome sequencing, membrane fatty acid analysis, and stress tolerance profiling were performed on the parent strain and two ECT variants: one displaying regular-sized colonies and the other displaying small colonies when grown at 37 °C on BHI agar. Under cold stress conditions, the parent strain exhibited an impaired ability to produce branched-chain fatty acids which are known to be important for cold adaptation in L.monocytogenes. The ECT variants were able to overcome this limitation, a finding which is hypothesized to be associated with the identification of two independent single-nucleotide polymorphisms in genes encoding subunits of acetyl-coA carboxylase, an enzyme critical for fatty acid biosynthesis. While the ECT phenotype was not found to be associated with improved salt (BHIB + 6% NaCl, 25 °C), acid (BHIB pH 5, 25 °C) or desiccation (33% RH, 20 °C) tolerance, the small-colony variant exhibited significantly (p < 0.05) enhanced heat tolerance at 52 °C in buffered peptone water compared to the parent strain and the other variant. The results from this study demonstrate that the continuous use of refrigeration along the food-supply chain has the potential to select for L.monocytogenes variants with enhanced cold and heat tolerance, highlighting the impact that microbial intervention strategies can have on the evolution of bacterial strains and likewise, food safety.
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- Patricia A Hingston
- Food, Nutrition and Health, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Food, Nutrition and Health, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
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Johansson J, Freitag NE. Regulation of Listeria monocytogenes Virulence. Microbiol Spectr 2019; 7:10.1128/microbiolspec.gpp3-0064-2019. [PMID: 31441398 PMCID: PMC10957223 DOI: 10.1128/microbiolspec.gpp3-0064-2019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Whereas obligate human and animal bacterial pathogens may be able to depend upon the warmth and relative stability of their chosen replication niche, environmental bacteria such as Listeria monocytogenes that harbor the ability to replicate both within animal cells and in the outside environment must maintain the capability to manage life under a variety of disparate conditions. Bacterial life in the outside environment requires adaptation to wide ranges of temperature, available nutrients, and physical stresses such as changes in pH and osmolarity as well as desiccation. Following ingestion by a susceptible animal host, the bacterium must adapt to similar changes during transit through the gastrointestinal tract and overcome a variety of barriers associated with host innate immune responses. Rapid alteration of patterns of gene expression and protein synthesis represent one strategy for quickly adapting to a dynamic host landscape. Here, we provide an overview of the impressive variety of strategies employed by the soil-dwelling, foodborne, mammalian pathogen L. monocytogenes to straddle diverse environments and optimize bacterial fitness both inside and outside host cells.
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- Jörgen Johansson
- Department of Molecular Biology, Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden (MIMS) and Umeå Centre for Microbial Research (UCMR), Umeå University, 90187 Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago IL
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Braschi G, Serrazanetti DI, Siroli L, Patrignani F, De Angelis M, Lanciotti R. Gene expression responses of Listeria monocytogenes Scott A exposed to sub-lethal concentrations of natural antimicrobials. Int J Food Microbiol 2018; 286:170-178. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2018.07.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2017] [Revised: 06/11/2018] [Accepted: 07/21/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Wałecka-Zacharska E, Gmyrek R, Skowron K, Kosek-Paszkowska K, Bania J. Duration of Heat Stress Effect on Invasiveness of L. monocytogenes Strains. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2018; 2018:1457480. [PMID: 30402461 PMCID: PMC6198540 DOI: 10.1155/2018/1457480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2018] [Revised: 07/25/2018] [Accepted: 09/13/2018] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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During food production and food conservation, as well as the passage through the human gastrointestinal (GI) tract, L. monocytogenes is exposed to many adverse conditions which may elicit a stress response. As a result the pathogen may become more resistant to other unpropitious factors and may change its virulence. It has been shown that low and high temperature, salt, low pH, and high pressure affect the invasion capacity of L. monocytogenes. However, there is a scarcity of data on the duration of the stress effect on bacterial biology, including invasiveness. The aim of this work was to determine the period during which L. monocytogenes invasiveness remains altered under optimal conditions following exposure of bacteria to mild heat shock stress. Ten L. monocytogenes strains were exposed to heat shock at 54°C for 20 minutes. Then both heat-treated and nontreated control bacteria were incubated under optimal growth conditions, 37°C, for up to 72 hours and the invasion capacity was tested. Additionally, the expression of virulence and stress response genes was investigated in 2 strains. We found that heat stress exposure significantly decreases the invasiveness of all tested strains. However, during incubation at 37°C the invasion capacity of heat-treated strains recovered to the level of nontreated controls. The observed effect was strain-dependent and lasted from less than 24 hours to 72 hours. The invasiveness of 6 out of the 10 nontreated strains decreased during incubation at 37°C. The expression of inlAB correlated with the increase of invasiveness but the decrease of invasiveness did not correlate with changes of the level of these transcripts. Conclusions. The effect of heat stress on L. monocytogenes invasiveness is strain-dependent and was transient, lasting up to 72 hours.
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- Ewa Wałecka-Zacharska
- Department of Food Hygiene and Consumer Health Protection, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Food Hygiene and Consumer Health Protection, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Microbiology, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Collegium Medicum of L. Rydygier in Bydgoszcz, Bydgoszcz, Poland
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- Department of Food Hygiene and Consumer Health Protection, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Food Hygiene and Consumer Health Protection, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Wrocław, Poland
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Spontaneous Loss of Virulence in Natural Populations of Listeria monocytogenes. Infect Immun 2017; 85:IAI.00541-17. [PMID: 28827366 PMCID: PMC5649026 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00541-17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2017] [Accepted: 08/02/2017] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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The pathogenesis of Listeria monocytogenes depends on the ability of this bacterium to escape from the phagosome of the host cells via the action of the pore-forming toxin listeriolysin O (LLO). Expression of the LLO-encoding gene (hly) requires the transcriptional activator PrfA, and both hly and prfA genes are essential for L. monocytogenes virulence. Here, we used the hemolytic activity of LLO as a phenotypic marker to screen for spontaneous virulence-attenuating mutations in L. monocytogenes. Sixty nonhemolytic isolates were identified among a collection of 57,820 confirmed L. monocytogenes strains isolated from a variety of sources (0.1%). In most cases (56/60; 93.3%), the nonhemolytic phenotype resulted from nonsense, missense, or frameshift mutations in prfA. Five strains carried hly mutations leading to a single amino acid substitution (G299V) or a premature stop codon causing strong virulence attenuation in mice. In one strain, both hly and gshF (encoding a glutathione synthase required for full PrfA activity) were missing due to genomic rearrangements likely caused by a transposable element. The PrfA/LLO loss-of-function (PrfA−/LLO−) mutants belonged to phylogenetically diverse clades of L. monocytogenes, and most were identified among nonclinical strains (57/60). Consistent with the rare occurrence of loss-of-virulence mutations, we show that prfA and hly are under purifying selection. Although occurring at a low frequency, PrfA−/LLO− mutational events in L. monocytogenes lead to niche restriction and open an evolutionary path for obligate saprophytism in this facultative intracellular pathogen.
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Jaishankar J, Srivastava P. Molecular Basis of Stationary Phase Survival and Applications. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:2000. [PMID: 29085349 PMCID: PMC5650638 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.02000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 145] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2017] [Accepted: 09/28/2017] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Stationary phase is the stage when growth ceases but cells remain metabolically active. Several physical and molecular changes take place during this stage that makes them interesting to explore. The characteristic proteins synthesized in the stationary phase are indispensable as they confer viability to the bacteria. Detailed knowledge of these proteins and the genes synthesizing them is required to understand the survival in such nutrient deprived conditions. The promoters, which drive the expression of these genes, are called stationary phase promoters. These promoters exhibit increased activity in the stationary phase and less or no activity in the exponential phase. The vectors constructed based on these promoters are ideal for large-scale protein production due to the absence of any external inducers. A number of recombinant protein production systems have been developed using these promoters. This review describes the stationary phase survival of bacteria, the promoters involved, their importance, regulation, and applications.
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- Jananee Jaishankar
- Department of Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India
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Kint N, Janoir C, Monot M, Hoys S, Soutourina O, Dupuy B, Martin-Verstraete I. The alternative sigma factor σ B plays a crucial role in adaptive strategies of Clostridium difficile during gut infection. Environ Microbiol 2017; 19:1933-1958. [PMID: 28198085 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.13696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2016] [Revised: 01/19/2017] [Accepted: 01/22/2017] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Clostridium difficile is a major cause of diarrhoea associated with antibiotherapy. Exposed to stresses in the gut, C. difficile can survive by inducing protection, detoxification and repair systems. In several firmicutes, most of these systems are controlled by the general stress response involving σB . In this work, we studied the role of σB in the physiopathology of C. difficile. We showed that the survival of the sigB mutant during the stationary phase was reduced. Using a transcriptome analysis, we showed that σB controls the expression of ∼25% of genes including genes involved in sporulation, metabolism, cell surface biogenesis and the management of stresses. By contrast, σB does not control toxin gene expression. In agreement with the up-regulation of sporulation genes, the sporulation efficiency is higher in the sigB mutant than in the wild-type strain. sigB inactivation also led to increased sensitivity to acidification, cationic antimicrobial peptides, nitric oxide and ROS. In addition, we showed for the first time that σB also plays a crucial role in oxygen tolerance in this strict anaerobe. Finally, we demonstrated that the fitness of colonisation by the sigB mutant is greatly affected in a dixenic mouse model of colonisation when compared to the wild-type strain.
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- Nicolas Kint
- Laboratoire Pathogénese des Bactéries Anaérobies, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.,Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- EA 4043, Unité Bactéries Pathogènes et Santé (UBaPS), Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 92290, Châtenay-Malabry, France
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- Laboratoire Pathogénese des Bactéries Anaérobies, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.,Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- EA 4043, Unité Bactéries Pathogènes et Santé (UBaPS), Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 92290, Châtenay-Malabry, France
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- Laboratoire Pathogénese des Bactéries Anaérobies, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.,Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire Pathogénese des Bactéries Anaérobies, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.,Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire Pathogénese des Bactéries Anaérobies, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.,Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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Quereda JJ, García-Del Portillo F, Pucciarelli MG. Listeria monocytogenes remodels the cell surface in the blood-stage. ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY REPORTS 2016; 8:641-648. [PMID: 27085096 DOI: 10.1111/1758-2229.12416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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After crossing the intestinal barrier, the bacterial pathogen Listeria monocytogenes disseminates via the blood to the liver, spleen, brain and placenta. Transcriptomic studies have shown that L. monocytogenes changes expression of many genes during this blood-stage. However, no comparable data at the protein level are known. As main interactors with the environment, we focused in surface proteins produced by L. monocytogenes in an ex vivo bovine blood model. Bacteria exposed to blood alter selectively the amount of several surface proteins compared with bacteria grown in laboratory media. Increased levels were detected for Lmo0514 and Internalin A, two surface proteins covalently bound to peptidoglycan, and the moonlighting protein alcohol-acetaldehyde dehydrogenase, also known as Lap for 'Listeria adhesion protein'. Lmo0514, induced by L. monocytogenes inside epithelial cells, is required for survival in plasma and for virulence in mice at early infection stages. Lmo0514 is also important to cope with low pH stress. By contrast, L. monocytogenes down-regulates other surface proteins following exposure to blood and plasma such as Internalin I. These data provide evidence for remodelling of the L. monocytogenes cell surface during the blood-stage, which it could facilitate pathogen dissemination to deep organs.
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- Juan J Quereda
- Laboratory of Intracellular Bacterial Pathogens, Departamento de Biotecnología Microbiana, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CNB-CSIC), Madrid, Spain
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- Laboratory of Intracellular Bacterial Pathogens, Departamento de Biotecnología Microbiana, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CNB-CSIC), Madrid, Spain
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- Laboratory of Intracellular Bacterial Pathogens, Departamento de Biotecnología Microbiana, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CNB-CSIC), Madrid, Spain
- Centro de Biología Molecular 'Severo Ochoa' (CBMSO-CSIC), Departamento de Biología Molecular, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
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Guo A, Xu Y, Mowery J, Nagy A, Bauchan G, Nou X. Ralstonia insidiosa induces cell aggregation of Listeria monocytogenes. Food Control 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2016.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Gurresch A, Gerner W, Pin C, Wagner M, Hein I. Evidence of metabolically active but non-culturable Listeria monocytogenes in long-term growth at 10 °C. Res Microbiol 2016; 167:334-343. [DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2016.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2015] [Revised: 11/16/2015] [Accepted: 01/11/2016] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Aburjaile F, Madec MN, Parayre S, Miyoshi A, Azevedo V, Le Loir Y, Falentin H. The long-term survival of Propionibacterium freudenreichii
in a context of nutrient shortage. J Appl Microbiol 2016; 120:432-40. [DOI: 10.1111/jam.13000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2015] [Revised: 10/15/2015] [Accepted: 11/03/2015] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- F.F. Aburjaile
- Department of General Biology; Federal University of Minas Gerais; Belo Horizonte Minas Gerais Brazil
- INRA; UMR 1253; Science et Technologie du Lait et de l'Oeuf; Rennes France
- AGROCAMPUS OUEST; UMR1253; UMR Science et Technologie du Lait et de l'Oeuf; Rennes France
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- INRA; UMR 1253; Science et Technologie du Lait et de l'Oeuf; Rennes France
- AGROCAMPUS OUEST; UMR1253; UMR Science et Technologie du Lait et de l'Oeuf; Rennes France
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- INRA; UMR 1253; Science et Technologie du Lait et de l'Oeuf; Rennes France
- AGROCAMPUS OUEST; UMR1253; UMR Science et Technologie du Lait et de l'Oeuf; Rennes France
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- Department of General Biology; Federal University of Minas Gerais; Belo Horizonte Minas Gerais Brazil
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- Department of General Biology; Federal University of Minas Gerais; Belo Horizonte Minas Gerais Brazil
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- INRA; UMR 1253; Science et Technologie du Lait et de l'Oeuf; Rennes France
- AGROCAMPUS OUEST; UMR1253; UMR Science et Technologie du Lait et de l'Oeuf; Rennes France
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- INRA; UMR 1253; Science et Technologie du Lait et de l'Oeuf; Rennes France
- AGROCAMPUS OUEST; UMR1253; UMR Science et Technologie du Lait et de l'Oeuf; Rennes France
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Reed-Jones NL, Marine SC, Everts KL, Micallef SA. Effects of Cover Crop Species and Season on Population Dynamics of Escherichia coli and Listeria innocua in Soil. Appl Environ Microbiol 2016; 82:1767-1777. [PMID: 26729724 PMCID: PMC4784030 DOI: 10.1128/aem.03712-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2015] [Accepted: 12/30/2015] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Cover crops provide several ecosystem services, but their impact on enteric bacterial survival remains unexplored. The influence of cover cropping on foodborne pathogen indicator bacteria was assessed in five cover crop/green manure systems: cereal rye, hairy vetch, crimson clover, hairy vetch-rye and crimson clover-rye mixtures, and bare ground. Cover crop plots were inoculated with Escherichia coli and Listeria innocua in the fall of 2013 and 2014 and tilled into the soil in the spring to form green manure. Soil samples were collected and the bacteria enumerated. Time was a factor for all bacterial populations studied in all fields (P < 0.001). E. coli levels declined when soil temperatures dipped to <5°C and were detected only sporadically the following spring. L. innocua diminished somewhat but persisted, independently of season. In an organic field, the cover crop was a factor for E. coli in year 1 (P = 0.004) and for L. innocua in year 2 (P = 0.011). In year 1, E. coli levels were highest in the rye and hairy vetch-rye plots. In year 2, L. innocua levels were higher in hairy vetch-rye (P = 0.01) and hairy vetch (P = 0.03) plots than in the rye plot. Bacterial populations grew (P < 0.05) or remained the same 4 weeks after green manure incorporation, although initial reductions in L. innocua numbers were observed after tilling (P < 0.05). Green manure type was a factor only for L. innocua abundance in a transitional field (P < 0.05). Overall, the impacts of cover crops/green manures on bacterial population dynamics in soil varied, being influenced by bacterial species, time from inoculation, soil temperature, rainfall, and tillage; this reveals the need for long-term studies.
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- Neiunna L Reed-Jones
- Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture, University of Maryland, Lower Eastern Shore Research and Education Center, Salisbury, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture, University of Maryland, Lower Eastern Shore Research and Education Center, Salisbury, Maryland, USA
- University of Delaware, Carvel Research and Education Center, Georgetown, Delaware, USA
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- Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA
- Center for Food Safety and Security Systems, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA
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The Listeria monocytogenes hibernation-promoting factor is required for the formation of 100S ribosomes, optimal fitness, and pathogenesis. J Bacteriol 2014; 197:581-91. [PMID: 25422304 DOI: 10.1128/jb.02223-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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During exposure to certain stresses, bacteria dimerize pairs of 70S ribosomes into translationally silent 100S particles in a process called ribosome hibernation. Although the biological roles of ribosome hibernation are not completely understood, this process appears to represent a conserved and adaptive response that contributes to optimal survival during stress and post-exponential-phase growth. Hibernating ribosomes are formed by the activity of one or more highly conserved proteins; gammaproteobacteria produce two relevant proteins, ribosome modulation factor (RMF) and hibernation promoting factor (HPF), while most Gram-positive bacteria produce a single, longer HPF protein. Here, we report the formation of 100S ribosomes by an HPF homolog in Listeria monocytogenes. L. monocytogenes 100S ribosomes were observed by sucrose density gradient centrifugation of bacterial extracts during mid-logarithmic phase, peaked at the transition to stationary phase, and persisted at lower levels during post-exponential-phase growth. 100S ribosomes were undetectable in bacteria carrying an hpf::Himar1 transposon insertion, indicating that HPF is required for ribosome hibernation in L. monocytogenes. Additionally, epitope-tagged HPF cosedimented with 100S ribosomes, supporting its previously described direct role in 100S formation. We examined hpf mRNA by quantitative PCR (qPCR) and identified several conditions that upregulated its expression, including carbon starvation, heat shock, and exposure to high concentrations of salt or ethanol. Survival of HPF-deficient bacteria was impaired under certain conditions both in vitro and during animal infection, providing evidence for the biological relevance of 100S ribosome formation.
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Xayarath B, Freitag NE. Optimizing the balance between host and environmental survival skills: lessons learned from Listeria monocytogenes. Future Microbiol 2014; 7:839-52. [PMID: 22827306 DOI: 10.2217/fmb.12.57] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Environmental pathogens - organisms that survive in the outside environment but maintain the capacity to cause disease in mammals - navigate the challenges of life in habitats that range from water and soil to the cytosol of host cells. The bacterium Listeria monocytogenes has served for decades as a model organism for studies of host-pathogen interactions and for fundamental paradigms of cell biology. This ubiquitous saprophyte has recently become a model for understanding how an environmental bacterium switches to life within human cells. This review describes how L. monocytogenes balances life in disparate environments with the help of a critical virulence regulator known as PrfA. Understanding L. monocytogenes survival strategies is important for gaining insight into how environmental microbes become pathogens.
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- Bobbi Xayarath
- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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Quereda JJ, Pucciarelli MG, Botello-Morte L, Calvo E, Carvalho F, Bouchier C, Vieira A, Mariscotti JF, Chakraborty T, Cossart P, Hain T, Cabanes D, García-Del Portillo F. Occurrence of mutations impairing sigma factor B (SigB) function upon inactivation of Listeria monocytogenes genes encoding surface proteins. MICROBIOLOGY-SGM 2013; 159:1328-1339. [PMID: 23657685 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.067744-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Bacteria of the genus Listeria contain the largest family of LPXTG surface proteins covalently anchored to the peptidoglycan. The extent to which these proteins may function or be regulated cooperatively is at present unknown. Because of their unique cellular location, we reasoned that distinct LPXTG proteins could act as elements contributing to cell wall homeostasis or influencing the stability of other surface proteins bound to peptidoglycan. To test this hypothesis, we used proteomics to analyse mutants of the intracellular pathogen Listeria monocytogenes lacking distinct LPXTG proteins implicated in pathogen-host interactions, such as InlA, InlF, InlG, InlH, InlJ, LapB and Vip. Changes in the cell wall proteome were found in inlG and vip mutants, which exhibited reduced levels of the LPXTG proteins InlH, Lmo0610, Lmo0880 and Lmo2085, all regulated by the stress-related sigma factor SigB. The ultimate basis of this alteration was uncovered by genome sequencing, which revealed that these inlG and vip mutants carried loss-of-function mutations in the rsbS, rsbU and rsbV genes encoding regulatory proteins that control SigB activity. Attempts to recapitulate this negative selection of SigB in a large series of new inlG or vip mutants constructed for this purpose were, however, unsuccessful. These results indicate that inadvertent secondary mutations affecting SigB functionality can randomly arise in L. monocytogenes when using common genetic procedures or during subculturing. Testing of SigB activity could be therefore valuable when manipulating genetically L. monocytogenes prior to any subsequent phenotypic analysis. This test may be even more justified when generating deletions affecting cell envelope components.
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- Juan J Quereda
- Centro Nacional de Biotecnología-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CNB-CSIC), 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología Molecular, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Centro de Biología Molecular 'Severo Ochoa' (CBMSO-CSIC), 28049 Madrid, Spain.,Centro Nacional de Biotecnología-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CNB-CSIC), 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Centro Nacional de Biotecnología-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CNB-CSIC), 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Unidad de Proteómica, Centro Nacional Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC), 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Group of Molecular Microbiology, Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Institut Pasteur, Plate-forme PF1 Génomique, Département Génomes et Génétique, Paris, France
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- Group of Molecular Microbiology, Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Centro Nacional de Biotecnología-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CNB-CSIC), 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, D-35392, Germany
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- Unité des Interactions Bactéries-Cellules, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) U604, Institut Pasteur, and the Institut Scientifique de Recherche Agronomique (INRA) USC2020, Institut Pasteur, Paris F-75015, France
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, D-35392, Germany
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- Group of Molecular Microbiology, Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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Tiensuu T, Andersson C, Rydén P, Johansson J. Cycles of light and dark co-ordinate reversible colony differentiation in Listeria monocytogenes. Mol Microbiol 2013; 87:909-24. [PMID: 23331346 PMCID: PMC3610012 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/19/2012] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Recently, several light receptors have been identified in non-phototrophic bacteria, but their physiological roles still remain rather elusive. Here we show that colonies of the saprophytic bacterium Listeria monocytogenes undergo synchronized multicellular behaviour on agar plates, in response to oscillating light/dark conditions, giving rise to alternating ring formation (opaque and translucent rings). On agar plates, bacteria from opaque rings survive increased levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS), as well as repeated cycles of light and dark, better than bacteria from translucent rings. The ring formation is strictly dependent on a blue-light receptor, Lmo0799, acting through the stress-sigma factor, σB. A transposon screening identified 48 mutants unable to form rings at alternating light conditions, with several of them showing a decreased σB activity/level. However, some of the tested mutants displayed a varied σB activity depending on which of the two stress conditions tested (light or H2O2 exposure). Intriguingly, the transcriptional regulator PrfA and the virulence factor ActA were shown to be required for ring formation by a mechanism involving activation of σB. All in all, this suggests a distinct pathway for Lmo0799 that converge into a common signalling pathway for σB activation. Our results show that night and day cycles co-ordinate a reversible differentiation of a L. monocytogenes colony at room temperature, by a process synchronized by a blue-light receptor and σB.
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- Teresa Tiensuu
- Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå University, 90187 Umeå, Sweden
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Laksanalamai P, Joseph LA, Silk BJ, Burall LS, L. Tarr C, Gerner-Smidt P, Datta AR. Genomic characterization of Listeria monocytogenes strains involved in a multistate listeriosis outbreak associated with cantaloupe in US. PLoS One 2012; 7:e42448. [PMID: 22860127 PMCID: PMC3409164 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2012] [Accepted: 07/06/2012] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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A multistate listeriosis outbreak associated with cantaloupe consumption was reported in the United States in September, 2011. The outbreak investigation recorded a total of 146 invasive illnesses, 30 deaths and one miscarriage. Subtyping of the outbreak associated clinical, food and environmental isolates revealed two serotypes (1/2a and 1/2b) and four pulsed-field gel electrophoresis two-enzyme pattern combinations I, II, III, and IV, including one rarely seen before this outbreak. A DNA-microarray, Listeria GeneChip®, developed by FDA from 24 Listeria monocytogenes genome sequences, was used to further characterize a representative sample of the outbreak isolates. The microarray data (in the form of present or absent calls of specific DNA sequences) separated the isolates into two distinct groups as per their serotypes. The gene content of the outbreak-associated isolates was distinct from that of the previously-reported outbreak strains belonging to the same serotypes. Although the 1/2b outbreak associated isolates are closely related to each other, the 1/2a isolates could be further divided into two distinct genomic groups, one represented by pattern combination I strains and the other represented by highly similar pattern combinations III and IV strains. Gene content analysis of these groups revealed unique genomic sequences associated with these two 1/2a genovars. This work underscores the utility of multiple approaches, such as serotyping, PFGE and DNA microarray analysis to characterize the composition of complex polyclonal listeriosis outbreaks.
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- Pongpan Laksanalamai
- Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, FDA, Laurel, Maryland, United States of America
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- Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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- Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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- Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, FDA, Laurel, Maryland, United States of America
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- Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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- Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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- Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, FDA, Laurel, Maryland, United States of America
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