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Anjana, Rawat S, Goswami S. Synergistic approach for enhanced production of polyhydroxybutyrate by Bacillus pseudomycoides SAS-B1: Effective utilization of glycerol and acrylic acid through fed-batch fermentation and its environmental impact assessment. Int J Biol Macromol 2024; 258:128764. [PMID: 38103666 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.128764] [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: 08/01/2023] [Revised: 12/07/2023] [Accepted: 12/11/2023] [Indexed: 12/19/2023]
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The continual rise in the consumption of petroleum-based synthetic polymers raised a significant environmental concern. Bacillus pseudomycoides SAS-B1 is a gram-positive rod-shaped halophilic bacterium capable of accumulating Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB)-an intracellular biodegradable polymer. In the present study, the optimal conditions for cell cultivation in the seed media were developed. The optimal factors included a preservation age of 14 to 21 days (with 105 to 106 cells/mL), inoculum size of 0.1 % (w/v), 1 % (w/v) glucose, and growth temperature of 30 °C. The cells were then cultivated in a two-stage fermentation process utilizing glycerol and Corn Steep Liquor (CSL) as carbon and nitrogen sources, respectively. PHB yield was effectively increased from 2.01 to 9.21 g/L through intermittent feeding of glycerol and CSL, along with acrylic acid. FTIR, TGA, DSC, and XRD characterization studies were employed to enumerate the recovered PHB and determine its physicochemical properties. Additionally, the study assessed the cradle-to-gate Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of PHB production, considering net CO2 generation and covering all major environmental impact categories. The production of 1000 kg of PHB resulted in lower stratospheric ozone depletion and comparatively reduced carbon dioxide emissions (2022.7 kg CO2 eq.) and terrestrial ecotoxicity (9.54 kg 1,4-DCB eq.) than typical petrochemical polymers.
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- Anjana
- Division of Chemical Engineering, Centre of Innovative and Applied Bioprocessing, Knowledge City, Sector-81, Mohali, Punjab 140306, India; Department of Biotechnology, Regional Center for Biotechnology (RCB), Faridabad, Haryana 121001, India
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- Division of Chemical Engineering, Centre of Innovative and Applied Bioprocessing, Knowledge City, Sector-81, Mohali, Punjab 140306, India
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- Division of Chemical Engineering, Centre of Innovative and Applied Bioprocessing, Knowledge City, Sector-81, Mohali, Punjab 140306, India; Department of Biotechnology, Regional Center for Biotechnology (RCB), Faridabad, Haryana 121001, India.
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Heng S, Sutheeworapong S, Champreda V, Uke A, Kosugi A, Pason P, Waeonukul R, Ceballos RM, Ratanakhanokchai K, Tachaapaikoon C. Genomics and cellulolytic, hemicellulolytic, and amylolytic potential of Iocasia fonsfrigidae strain SP3-1 for polysaccharide degradation. PeerJ 2022; 10:e14211. [PMID: 36281362 PMCID: PMC9587714 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.14211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2022] [Accepted: 09/19/2022] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Background Cellulolytic, hemicellulolytic, and amylolytic (CHA) enzyme-producing halophiles are understudied. The recently defined taxon Iocasia fonsfrigidae consists of one well-described anaerobic bacterial strain: NS-1T. Prior to characterization of strain NS-1T, an isolate designated Halocella sp. SP3-1 was isolated and its genome was published. Based on physiological and genetic comparisons, it was suggested that Halocella sp. SP3-1 may be another isolate of I. fronsfrigidae. Despite being geographic variants of the same species, data indicate that strain SP3-1 exhibits genetic, genomic, and physiological characteristics that distinguish it from strain NS-1T. In this study, we examine the halophilic and alkaliphilic nature of strain SP3-1 and the genetic substrates underlying phenotypic differences between strains SP3-1 and NS-1T with focus on sugar metabolism and CHA enzyme expression. Methods Standard methods in anaerobic cell culture were used to grow strains SP3-1 as well as other comparator species. Morphological characterization was done via electron microscopy and Schaeffer-Fulton staining. Data for sequence comparisons (e.g., 16S rRNA) were retrieved via BLAST and EzBioCloud. Alignments and phylogenetic trees were generated via CLUTAL_X and neighbor joining functions in MEGA (version 11). Genomes were assembled/annotated via the Prokka annotation pipeline. Clusters of Orthologous Groups (COGs) were defined by eegNOG 4.5. DNA-DNA hybridization calculations were performed by the ANI Calculator web service. Results Cells of strain SP3-1 are rods. SP3-1 cells grow at NaCl concentrations of 5-30% (w/v). Optimal growth occurs at 37 °C, pH 8.0, and 20% NaCl (w/v). Although phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene indicates that strain SP3-1 belongs to the genus Iocasia with 99.58% average nucleotide sequence identity to Iocasia fonsfrigida NS-1T, strain SP3-1 is uniquely an extreme haloalkaliphile. Moreover, strain SP3-1 ferments D-glucose to acetate, butyrate, carbon dioxide, hydrogen, ethanol, and butanol and will grow on L-arabinose, D-fructose, D-galactose, D-glucose, D-mannose, D-raffinose, D-xylose, cellobiose, lactose, maltose, sucrose, starch, xylan and phosphoric acid swollen cellulose (PASC). D-rhamnose, alginate, and lignin do not serve as suitable culture substrates for strain SP3-1. Thus, the carbon utilization profile of strain SP3-1 differs from that of I. fronsfrigidae strain NS-1T. Differences between these two strains are also noted in their lipid composition. Genomic data reveal key differences between the genetic profiles of strain SP3-1 and NS-1T that likely account for differences in morphology, sugar metabolism, and CHA-enzyme potential. Important to this study, I. fonsfrigidae SP3-1 produces and extracellularly secretes CHA enzymes at different levels and composition than type strain NS-1T. The high salt tolerance and pH range of SP3-1 makes it an ideal candidate for salt and pH tolerant enzyme discovery.
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- Sobroney Heng
- School of Bioresources and Technology, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Pilot Plant Development and Training Institute, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok, Thailand
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- National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Thailand Science Park, Klong Luang, Pathumthani, Thailand
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- Biological Resources and Post-harvest Division, Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Biological Resources and Post-harvest Division, Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences, Ibaraki, Japan
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- School of Bioresources and Technology, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok, Thailand,Excellent Center of Enzyme Technology and Microbial Utilization, Pilot Plant Development and Training Institute, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok, Thailand
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- School of Bioresources and Technology, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok, Thailand,Excellent Center of Enzyme Technology and Microbial Utilization, Pilot Plant Development and Training Institute, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States of America,Arkansas Center for Space & Planetary Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States of America
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- School of Bioresources and Technology, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok, Thailand,Excellent Center of Enzyme Technology and Microbial Utilization, Pilot Plant Development and Training Institute, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok, Thailand
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- School of Bioresources and Technology, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok, Thailand,Excellent Center of Enzyme Technology and Microbial Utilization, Pilot Plant Development and Training Institute, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok, Thailand
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Velho Rodrigues MF, Lisicki M, Lauga E. The bank of swimming organisms at the micron scale (BOSO-Micro). PLoS One 2021; 16:e0252291. [PMID: 34111118 PMCID: PMC8191957 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0252291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2020] [Accepted: 05/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Unicellular microscopic organisms living in aqueous environments outnumber all other creatures on Earth. A large proportion of them are able to self-propel in fluids with a vast diversity of swimming gaits and motility patterns. In this paper we present a biophysical survey of the available experimental data produced to date on the characteristics of motile behaviour in unicellular microswimmers. We assemble from the available literature empirical data on the motility of four broad categories of organisms: bacteria (and archaea), flagellated eukaryotes, spermatozoa and ciliates. Whenever possible, we gather the following biological, morphological, kinematic and dynamical parameters: species, geometry and size of the organisms, swimming speeds, actuation frequencies, actuation amplitudes, number of flagella and properties of the surrounding fluid. We then organise the data using the established fluid mechanics principles for propulsion at low Reynolds number. Specifically, we use theoretical biophysical models for the locomotion of cells within the same taxonomic groups of organisms as a means of rationalising the raw material we have assembled, while demonstrating the variability for organisms of different species within the same group. The material gathered in our work is an attempt to summarise the available experimental data in the field, providing a convenient and practical reference point for future studies.
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- Marcos F. Velho Rodrigues
- Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Guzmán-Soto I, McTiernan C, Gonzalez-Gomez M, Ross A, Gupta K, Suuronen EJ, Mah TF, Griffith M, Alarcon EI. Mimicking biofilm formation and development: Recent progress in in vitro and in vivo biofilm models. iScience 2021; 24:102443. [PMID: 34013169 PMCID: PMC8113887 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2021.102443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 34.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Biofilm formation in living organisms is associated to tissue and implant infections, and it has also been linked to the contribution of antibiotic resistance. Thus, understanding biofilm development and being able to mimic such processes is vital for the successful development of antibiofilm treatments and therapies. Several decades of research have contributed to building the foundation for developing in vitro and in vivo biofilm models. However, no such thing as an "all fit" in vitro or in vivo biofilm models is currently available. In this review, in addition to presenting an updated overview of biofilm formation, we critically revise recent approaches for the improvement of in vitro and in vivo biofilm models.
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- Irene Guzmán-Soto
- Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, ON, K1Y4W7, Canada
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- Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, ON, K1Y4W7, Canada
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- Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, ON, K1Y4W7, Canada
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- Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, ON, K1Y4W7, Canada
- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, K1H8M5, Canada
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- Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, ON, K1Y4W7, Canada
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- Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, ON, K1Y4W7, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, K1H8M5, Canada
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- Centre de Recherche Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montréal, QC, H1T 2M4, Canada
- Département d'ophtalmologie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, H3T1J4, Canada
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- Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, ON, K1Y4W7, Canada
- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, K1H8M5, Canada
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Morabe ML, McCarter LL. Vibrio parahaemolyticus FcrX, a Fur-controlled regulator that inhibits repression by Fur. Mol Microbiol 2020; 114:77-92. [PMID: 32096286 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.14497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2019] [Revised: 02/20/2020] [Accepted: 02/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Iron is an essential nutrient for most organisms, but its limited availability and inherent toxicity necessitate the strict regulation of iron homeostasis. In bacteria, iron starvation affects a broad range of phenotypes including virulence, motility and biofilm formation. For Vibrio parahaemolyticus, a marine bacterium and pathogen, iron limitation is a signal modulating swarmer cell differentiation. In this work, we show the iron regulation of swarming works through the ferric uptake regulator protein Fur. We identified a new Fur-controlled regulator that is upregulated upon iron starvation. FcrX is a 144-amino acid protein containing a domain of unknown function (DUF2753) with three tetratricopeptide repeats. We found that overexpressing fcrX+ was sufficient to induce swarming, luminescence and iron uptake gene expression in multiple Vibrio species; furthermore, ectopic expression increased the transcription of a Fur-controlled gene in Escherichia coli. FcrX production increased intracellular iron. Thus, the overexpression of fcrX+ phenocopied a fur mutant and may prove a generally useful tool to ectopically derepress the Fur regulon. Both V. parahaemolyticus and E. coli Fur interacted with FcrX, and this interaction was altered by iron availability. These data support a model in which this new regulator of iron homeostasis limits the repressive action of Fur.
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- Maria L Morabe
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
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Freitas C, Glatter T, Ringgaard S. The release of a distinct cell type from swarm colonies facilitates dissemination of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in the environment. ISME JOURNAL 2019; 14:230-244. [PMID: 31624347 DOI: 10.1038/s41396-019-0521-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2019] [Revised: 08/20/2019] [Accepted: 08/25/2019] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Bacteria experience changes in their environment and have developed various strategies to respond accordingly. To accommodate environmental changes, certain bacteria differentiate between specialized cell types. Vibrio parahaemolyticus is a marine bacterium, a worldwide human pathogen and the leading agent of seafood-borne gastroenteritis. It exists as swimmer or swarmer cells, specialized for life in liquid and on solid environments, respectively. Swarmer cells are characteristically highly elongated-a morphology important for swarming behavior. When attached to surfaces it forms swarm colonies, however, it is not known how cells within swarming populations respond to changes in the external milieu and how its distinct life cycle influences its ecological dissemination. The worldwide distribution of V. parahaemolyticus accentuates the need for understanding the factors contributing to its dissemination. Here we determine the stage-wise development of swarm colonies and show how the swarm colony architecture fluctuates with changing environmental conditions. Swarm colonies act as a continuous source of cells that are released from the swarm colony into the environment. Surprisingly, the cell length distribution of released cells was very homogenous and almost no long cells were detected, indicating that swarmer cells are not released into the liquid environment but stay surface attached during flooding. Released cells comprise a distinct cell type that is morphologically optimized for swimming behavior and is capable of spreading in the liquid environment and attach to new surfaces. Release of this distinct cell type facilitates the dissemination of V. parahaemolyticus in the environment and likely influences the ecology of this bacterium.
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- Carolina Freitas
- Department of Ecophysiology, Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, 35043, Marburg, Germany
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- Core Facility for Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics, Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, 35043, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Ecophysiology, Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, 35043, Marburg, Germany.
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Hummels KR, Kearns DB. Suppressor mutations in ribosomal proteins and FliY restore Bacillus subtilis swarming motility in the absence of EF-P. PLoS Genet 2019; 15:e1008179. [PMID: 31237868 PMCID: PMC6613710 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1008179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2019] [Revised: 07/08/2019] [Accepted: 05/07/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Translation elongation factor P (EF-P) alleviates ribosome pausing at a subset of motifs encoding consecutive proline residues, and is required for growth in many organisms. Here we show that Bacillus subtilis EF-P also alleviates ribosome pausing at sequences encoding tandem prolines and ribosomes paused within several essential genes without a corresponding growth defect in an efp mutant. The B. subtilis efp mutant is instead impaired for flagellar biosynthesis which results in the abrogation of a form of motility called swarming. We isolate swarming suppressors of efp and identify mutations in 8 genes that suppressed the efp mutant swarming defect, many of which encode conserved ribosomal proteins or ribosome-associated factors. One mutation abolished a translational pause site within the flagellar C-ring component FliY to increase flagellar number and restore swarming motility in the absence of EF-P. Our data support a model wherein EF-P-alleviation of ribosome pausing may be particularly important for macromolecular assemblies like the flagellum that require precise protein stoichiometries.
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- Katherine R. Hummels
- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, United States of America
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Ultee E, Ramijan K, Dame RT, Briegel A, Claessen D. Stress-induced adaptive morphogenesis in bacteria. Adv Microb Physiol 2019; 74:97-141. [PMID: 31126537 DOI: 10.1016/bs.ampbs.2019.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Bacteria thrive in virtually all environments. Like all other living organisms, bacteria may encounter various types of stresses, to which cells need to adapt. In this chapter, we describe how cells cope with stressful conditions and how this may lead to dramatic morphological changes. These changes may not only allow harmless cells to withstand environmental insults but can also benefit pathogenic bacteria by enabling them to escape from the immune system and the activity of antibiotics. A better understanding of stress-induced morphogenesis will help us to develop new approaches to combat such harmful pathogens.
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- Eveline Ultee
- Molecular Biotechnology, Institute of Biology, Leiden University, Sylviusweg 72, 2333 BE Leiden, the Netherlands; Centre for Microbial Cell Biology, Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Molecular Biotechnology, Institute of Biology, Leiden University, Sylviusweg 72, 2333 BE Leiden, the Netherlands; Centre for Microbial Cell Biology, Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Centre for Microbial Cell Biology, Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands; Macromolecular Biochemistry, Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, 2333 CE Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Molecular Biotechnology, Institute of Biology, Leiden University, Sylviusweg 72, 2333 BE Leiden, the Netherlands; Centre for Microbial Cell Biology, Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Molecular Biotechnology, Institute of Biology, Leiden University, Sylviusweg 72, 2333 BE Leiden, the Netherlands; Centre for Microbial Cell Biology, Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands
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Kobayashi M, Konishi H, Maruyama Y, Murata K, Hashimoto W. Lateral-typed flagellin responsible for formation of a polar flagellum but not of lateral flagella in Sphingomonas sp. strain A1. Microbiology (Reading) 2016; 162:2042-2052. [DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.000385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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- Masahiro Kobayashi
- Laboratory of Basic and Applied Molecular Biotechnology, Division of Food Science and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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- Laboratory of Basic and Applied Molecular Biotechnology, Division of Food Science and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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- Laboratory of Basic and Applied Molecular Biotechnology, Division of Food Science and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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- Laboratory of Basic and Applied Molecular Biotechnology, Division of Food Science and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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- Laboratory of Basic and Applied Molecular Biotechnology, Division of Food Science and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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Dynamics of Snake-like Swarming Behavior of Vibrio alginolyticus. Biophys J 2016; 110:981-92. [PMID: 26910435 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2015.12.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2015] [Revised: 12/16/2015] [Accepted: 12/28/2015] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Swarming represents a special case of bacterial behavior where motile bacteria migrate rapidly and collectively on surfaces. Swarming and swimming motility of bacteria has been studied well for rigid, self-propelled rods. In this study we report a strain of Vibrio alginolyticus, a species that exhibits similar collective motility but a fundamentally different cell morphology with highly flexible snake-like swarming cells. Investigating swarming dynamics requires high-resolution imaging of single cells with coverage over a large area: thousands of square microns. Researchers previously have employed various methods of motion analysis but largely for rod-like bacteria. We employ temporal variance analysis of a short time-lapse microscopic image series to capture the motion dynamics of swarming Vibrio alginolyticus at cellular resolution over hundreds of microns. Temporal variance is a simple and broadly applicable method for analyzing bacterial swarming behavior in two and three dimensions with both high-resolution and wide-spatial coverage. This study provides detailed insights into the swarming architecture and dynamics of Vibrio alginolyticus isolate B522 on carrageenan agar that may lay the foundation for swarming studies of snake-like, nonrod-shaped motile cell types.
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Heering J, Ringgaard S. Differential Localization of Chemotactic Signaling Arrays during the Lifecycle of Vibrio parahaemolyticus. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:1767. [PMID: 27853457 PMCID: PMC5090175 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2016] [Accepted: 10/21/2016] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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When encountering new environments or changes to their external milieu, bacteria use elaborate mechanisms to respond accordingly. Here, we describe how Vibrio parahaemolyticus coordinates two such mechanisms - differentiation and chemotaxis. V. parahaemolyticus differentiates between two distinct cell types: short rod-shaped swimmer cells and highly elongated swarmer cells. We show that the intracellular organization of chemotactic signaling arrays changes according to the differentiation state. In swimmer cells chemotaxis arrays are strictly polarly localized, but in swarmer cells arrays form both at the cell poles and at irregular intervals along the entire cell length. Furthermore, the formation of lateral arrays increases with cell length of swarmer cells. Occurrence of lateral signaling arrays is not simply a consequence of the elongated state of swarmer cells, but is instead differentiation state-specific. Moreover, our data suggest that swarmer cells employ two distinct mechanisms for localization of polar and lateral signaling arrays, respectively. Furthermore, cells show a distinct differentiation and localization pattern of chemosensory arrays, depending on their location within swarm colonies, which likely allows for the organism to simultaneously swarm across surfaces while sustaining a pool of swimmers immediately capable of exploring new liquid surroundings.
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- Jan Heering
- Department of Ecophysiology, Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Ecophysiology, Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology Marburg, Germany
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Lü J, Wu X, Jiang Y, Cai X, Huang L, Yang Y, Wang H, Zeng A, Li A. An extremophileMicrobacteriumstrain and its protease production under alkaline conditions. J Basic Microbiol 2013; 54:378-85. [DOI: 10.1002/jobm.201200553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2012] [Accepted: 12/18/2012] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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- Jin Lü
- The College of Life Sciences; Central China Normal University; Wuhan China
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- The College of Life Sciences; Central China Normal University; Wuhan China
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- The College of Life Sciences; Central China Normal University; Wuhan China
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- The College of Life Sciences; Central China Normal University; Wuhan China
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- The College of Life Sciences; Central China Normal University; Wuhan China
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- The College of Life Sciences; Central China Normal University; Wuhan China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education; Central China Normal University; Wuhan China
- School of Life Sciences; Wenzhou Medical College; Wenzhou China
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- School of Life Sciences; Wenzhou Medical College; Wenzhou China
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- The College of Life Sciences; Central China Normal University; Wuhan China
- Key Laboratory of Pesticide and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education; Central China Normal University; Wuhan China
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Burke C, Liu M, Britton W, Triccas JA, Thomas T, Smith AL, Allen S, Salomon R, Harry E. Harnessing single cell sorting to identify cell division genes and regulators in bacteria. PLoS One 2013; 8:e60964. [PMID: 23565292 PMCID: PMC3614548 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0060964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2012] [Accepted: 03/04/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Cell division is an essential cellular process that requires an array of known and unknown proteins for its spatial and temporal regulation. Here we develop a novel, high-throughput screening method for the identification of bacterial cell division genes and regulators. The method combines the over-expression of a shotgun genomic expression library to perturb the cell division process with high-throughput flow cytometry sorting to screen many thousands of clones. Using this approach, we recovered clones with a filamentous morphology for the model bacterium, Escherichia coli. Genetic analysis revealed that our screen identified both known cell division genes, and genes that have not previously been identified to be involved in cell division. This novel screening strategy is applicable to a wide range of organisms, including pathogenic bacteria, where cell division genes and regulators are attractive drug targets for antibiotic development.
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- Catherine Burke
- The ithree Institute, University of Technology, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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Erwin DP, Nydam SD, Call DR. Vibrio parahaemolyticus ExsE is requisite for initial adhesion and subsequent type III secretion system 1-dependent autophagy in HeLa cells. MICROBIOLOGY-SGM 2012; 158:2303-2314. [PMID: 22767546 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.059931-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Vibrio parahaemolyticus pandemic serotype O3 : K6 causes acute gastroenteritis, wound infections and septicaemia in humans. This organism encodes two type III secretion systems (T3SS1 and T3SS2); host-cell cytotoxicity has been attributed to T3SS1. Synthesis and secretion of T3SS1 proteins is positively regulated by ExsA, which is presumptively regulated by the ExsCDE pathway, similar to Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Herein we deleted the putative exsE from V. parahaemolyticus and found constitutive expression of the T3SS1 in broth culture as expected. More importantly, however, in a cell culture model, the ΔexsE strain was unable to induce cytotoxicity, as measured by release of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), or autophagy, as measured by LC3 conversion. This is markedly different from P. aeruginosa, where deletion of exsE has no effect on host-cell cytolysis. Swarming and cytoadhesion were reduced for the deletion mutant and could be recovered along with T3SS1-induced HeLa cell cytotoxicity by in cis expression of exsE in the ΔexsE strain. Loss of adhesion and swarming motility was associated with the loss of flagella biogenesis in the exsE-deficient strain. Mouse mortality was unaffected by the deletion of exsE compared with a wild-type control, suggesting that additional adhesins are important for intoxication in vivo. Based on these data, we conclude that ExsE contributes to the negative regulation of T3SS1 and, in addition, contributes to regulation of an adherence phenotype that is requisite for translocation of effector proteins into HeLa cells.
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- Daniel P Erwin
- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA
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- Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA.,Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA
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Ritchie JM, Rui H, Zhou X, Iida T, Kodoma T, Ito S, Davis BM, Bronson RT, Waldor MK. Inflammation and disintegration of intestinal villi in an experimental model for Vibrio parahaemolyticus-induced diarrhea. PLoS Pathog 2012; 8:e1002593. [PMID: 22438811 PMCID: PMC3305451 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2011] [Accepted: 02/01/2012] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Vibrio parahaemolyticus is a leading cause of seafood-borne gastroenteritis in many parts of the world, but there is limited knowledge of the pathogenesis of V. parahaemolyticus-induced diarrhea. The absence of an oral infection-based small animal model to study V. parahaemolyticus intestinal colonization and disease has constrained analyses of the course of infection and the factors that mediate it. Here, we demonstrate that infant rabbits oro-gastrically inoculated with V. parahaemolyticus develop severe diarrhea and enteritis, the main clinical and pathologic manifestations of disease in infected individuals. The pathogen principally colonizes the distal small intestine, and this colonization is dependent upon type III secretion system 2. The distal small intestine is also the major site of V. parahaemolyticus-induced tissue damage, reduced epithelial barrier function, and inflammation, suggesting that disease in this region of the gastrointestinal tract accounts for most of the diarrhea that accompanies V. parahaemolyticus infection. Infection appears to proceed through a characteristic sequence of steps that includes remarkable elongation of microvilli and the formation of V. parahaemolyticus-filled cavities within the epithelial surface, and culminates in villus disruption. Both depletion of epithelial cell cytoplasm and epithelial cell extrusion contribute to formation of the cavities in the epithelial surface. V. parahaemolyticus also induces proliferation of epithelial cells and recruitment of inflammatory cells, both of which occur before wide-spread damage to the epithelium is evident. Collectively, our findings suggest that V. parahaemolyticus damages the host intestine and elicits disease via previously undescribed processes and mechanisms. The marine bacterium Vibrio parahaemolyticus is a leading cause worldwide of gastroenteritis linked to the consumption of contaminated seafood. Despite the prevalence of V. parahaemolyticus-induced gastroenteritis, there is limited understanding of how this pathogen causes disease in the intestine. In part, the paucity of knowledge results from the absence of an oral infection-based animal model of the human disease. We developed a simple oral infection-based infant rabbit model of V. parahaemolyticus-induced intestinal pathology and diarrhea. This experimental model enabled us to define several previously unknown but key features of the pathology elicited by this organism. We found that V. parahaemolyticus chiefly colonizes the distal small intestine and that the organism's second type III secretion system is essential for colonization. The epithelial surface of the distal small intestine is also the major site of V. parahaemolyticus-induced damage, which arises via a characteristic sequence of events culminating in the formation of V. parahaemolyticus-filled cavities in the epithelial surface. This experimental model will transform future studies aimed at deciphering the bacterial and host factors/processes that contribute to disease, as well as enable testing of new therapeutics to prevent and/or combat infection.
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- Jennifer M. Ritchie
- Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School and HHMI, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- * E-mail: (MKW); (JMR)
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- Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School and HHMI, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School and HHMI, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Bacterial Infections, International Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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- Laboratory of Genomic Research on Pathogenic Bacteria, International Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School and HHMI, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School and HHMI, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- * E-mail: (MKW); (JMR)
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Patrick JE, Kearns DB. Swarming motility and the control of master regulators of flagellar biosynthesis. Mol Microbiol 2011; 83:14-23. [PMID: 22092493 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07917.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Swarming motility is the movement of bacteria over a solid surface powered by rotating flagella. The expression of flagellar biosynthesis genes is governed by species-specific master regulator transcription factors. Mutations that reduce or enhance master regulator activity have a commensurate effect on swarming motility. Here we review what is known about the proteins that modulate swarming motility and appear to act upstream of the master flagellar regulators in diverse swarming bacteria. We hypothesize that environmental control of the master regulators is important to the swarming phenotype perhaps at the level of controlling flagellar number.
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- Joyce E Patrick
- Indiana University, Department of Biology, 1001 East Third Street, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
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González Y, Venegas D, Mendoza-Hernandez G, Camarena L, Dreyfus G. Na(+)- and H(+)-dependent motility in the coral pathogen Vibrio shilonii. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2011; 312:142-50. [PMID: 20979349 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2010.02110.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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In this work, we analyzed motility and the flagellar systems of the marine bacterium Vibrio shilonii. We show that this bacterium produces lateral flagella when seeded on soft agar plates at concentrations of 0.5% or 0.6%. However, at agar concentrations of 0.7%, cells become round and lose their flagella. The sodium channel blocker amiloride inhibits swimming of V. shilonii with the sheathed polar flagellum, but not swarming with lateral flagella. We also isolated and characterized the filament–hook–basal body of the polar flagellum. The proteins in this structure were analyzed by MS. Eight internal sequences matched with known flagellar proteins. The comparison of these sequences with the protein database from the complete genome of V. shilonii allows us to conclude that some components of the polar flagellum are encoded in two different clusters of flagellar genes, suggesting that this bacterium has a complex flagellar system, more complex possibly than other Vibrio species reported so far.
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- Yael González
- Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México DF, Mexico
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How bacteria regulate, assemble and rotate flagella to swim in liquid media is reasonably well understood. Much less is known about how some bacteria use flagella to move over the tops of solid surfaces in a form of movement called swarming. The focus of bacteriology is changing from planktonic to surface environments, and so interest in swarming motility is on the rise. Here, I review the requirements that define swarming motility in diverse bacterial model systems, including an increase in the number of flagella per cell, the secretion of a surfactant to reduce surface tension and allow spreading, and movement in multicellular groups rather than as individuals.
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Weiner RM, Segall AM, Colwell RR. Characterization of a Marine Bacterium Associated with Crassostrea virginica (the Eastern Oyster). Appl Environ Microbiol 2010; 49:83-90. [PMID: 16346712 PMCID: PMC238349 DOI: 10.1128/aem.49.1.83-90.1985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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A gram-negative bacterium found to be closely associated with oysters has been isolated and characterized. The organism, designated LST, has a generation time of 106 min in Marine broth under optimal growth conditions at 25 degrees C. During the decline phase of growth, it exhibits a morphological transition from a motile rod (ca. 1 mum in length) to an elongated, 3- to 40-mum, nonmotile, tightly coiled helix. LST synthesizes and releases a pigment in the stationary and decline phases of growth. Identified as melanin on the basis of chemical properties and UV absorbance maxima, the pigment comprises polymers of heterogeneous molecular weights, ranging from 12,000 to 120,000. The guanosine-plus-cytosine content of the LST DNA is 46%, and results of phenetic analysis and DNA-DNA hybridization indicate that this bacterium represents a new species. LST adheres to a variety of surfaces, including glass, plastics, and oyster shell, and has been shown to promote the settlement of oyster larvae.
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- R M Weiner
- Department of Microbiology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742
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Immunomagnetic separation and coagglutination of Vibrio parahaemolyticus with anti-flagellar protein monoclonal antibody. CLINICAL AND VACCINE IMMUNOLOGY : CVI 2008; 15:1541-6. [PMID: 18753337 DOI: 10.1128/cvi.00141-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Mice were immunized by injection of Vibrio parahaemolyticus ATCC 17802 polar flagellin in order to produce monoclonal antibodies (mAbs). mAbs were analyzed by anti-H enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay using V. parahaemolyticus polar flagellar cores. The mAb exhibiting the highest anti-H titer was coated onto Cowan I Staphylococcus aureus cells at a concentration of 75 microg/ml cell suspension and used for slide coagglutination. Of 41 isolates identified genetically as V. parahaemolyticus, 100% coagglutinated with the anti-H mAb within 30 s, and the mAb did not react with 30 isolates identified as Vibrio vulnificus. A strong coagglutination reaction with V. parahaemolyticus ATCC 17802 was still observed when the S. aureus cells were armed with as little as 15 microg of mAb/ml S. aureus cell suspension. At this concentration, the mAb cross-reacted with three other Vibrio species, suggesting that they share an identical H antigen or antigens. The anti-H mAb was then used to optimize an immunomagnetic separation protocol which exhibited from 35% to about 45% binding of 10(2) to 10(3) V. parahaemolyticus cells in phosphate-buffered saline. The mAb would be useful for the rapid and selective isolation, concentration, and detection of V. parahaemolyticus cells from environmental sources.
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Wallace A, Pérombelon M. Role of haemagglutinins in adhesion of Erwinia carotovora to potato tissue. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.1993.tb05191.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Apel D, Surette MG. Bringing order to a complex molecular machine: the assembly of the bacterial flagella. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2007; 1778:1851-8. [PMID: 17719558 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2007.07.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2007] [Revised: 07/06/2007] [Accepted: 07/12/2007] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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The bacterial flagellum is an example of elegance in molecular engineering. Flagella dependent motility is a widespread and evolutionarily ancient trait. Diverse bacterial species have evolved unique structural adaptations enabling them to migrate in their environmental niche. Variability exists in the number, location and configuration of flagella, and reflects unique adaptations of the microorganism. The most detailed analysis of flagellar morphogenesis and structure has focused on Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica. The appendage assembles sequentially from the inner to the outer-most structures. Additionally the temporal order of gene expression correlates with the assembly order of encoded proteins into the final structure. The bacterial flagellar apparatus includes an essential basal body complex that comprises the export machinery required for assembly of the hook and flagellar filament. A review outlining the current understanding of the protein interactions that make up this remarkable structure will be presented, and the associated temporal genetic regulation will be briefly discussed.
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- Dmitry Apel
- Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada T2N 4N1
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Flagella are complex surface organelles that allow bacteria to move towards favourable environments and that contribute to the virulence of pathogenic bacteria through adhesion and biofilm formation on host surfaces. There are a few bacteria that possess functional dual flagella systems, such as Vibrio parahaemolyticus, some mesophilic Aeromonas spp., Rhodospirillum centenum and Azospirillum brasilense. These bacteria are able to express both a constitutive polar flagellum required for swimming motility and a separate lateral flagella system that is induced in viscous media or on surfaces and is essential for swarming motility. As flagella synthesis and motility have a high metabolic cost for the bacterium, the expression of the inducible lateral flagella system is highly regulated by a number of environmental factors and regulators.
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- Susana Merino
- Departamento de Microbiología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Barcelona, Diagonal 645, Barcelona, Spain.
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Ren CP, Beatson SA, Parkhill J, Pallen MJ. The Flag-2 locus, an ancestral gene cluster, is potentially associated with a novel flagellar system from Escherichia coli. J Bacteriol 2005; 187:1430-40. [PMID: 15687208 PMCID: PMC545627 DOI: 10.1128/jb.187.4.1430-1440.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Escherichia coli K-12 possesses two adjacent, divergent, promoterless flagellar genes, fhiA-mbhA, that are absent from Salmonella enterica. Through bioinformatics analysis, we found that these genes are remnants of an ancestral 44-gene cluster and are capable of encoding a novel flagellar system, Flag-2. In enteroaggregative E. coli strain 042, there is a frameshift in lfgC that is likely to have inactivated the system in this strain. Tiling path PCR studies showed that the Flag-2 cluster is present in 15 of 72 of the well-characterized ECOR strains. The Flag-2 system resembles the lateral flagellar systems of Aeromonas and Vibrio, particularly in its apparent dependence on RpoN. Unlike the conventional Flag-1 flagellin, the Flag-2 flagellin shows a remarkable lack of sequence polymorphism. The Flag-2 gene cluster encodes a flagellar type III secretion system (including a dedicated flagellar sigma-antisigma combination), thus raising the number of distinct type III secretion systems in Escherichia/Shigella to five. The presence of the Flag-2 cluster at identical sites in E. coli and its close relative Citrobacter rodentium, combined with its absence from S. enterica, suggests that it was acquired by horizontal gene transfer after the former two species diverged from Salmonella. The presence of Flag-2-like gene clusters in Yersinia pestis, Yersinia pseudotuberculosis, and Chromobacterium violaceum suggests that coexistence of two flagellar systems within the same species is more common than previously suspected. The fact that the Flag-2 gene cluster was not discovered in the first 10 Escherichia/Shigella genome sequences studied emphasizes the importance of maintaining an energetic program of genome sequencing for this important taxonomic group.
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- Chuan-Peng Ren
- Bacterial Pathogenesis and Genomics Unit, Division of Immunity and Infection, Medical School, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, England B15 2TT
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Ishii S, Koki J, Unno H, Hori K. Two morphological types of cell appendages on a strongly adhesive bacterium, Acinetobacter sp. strain Tol 5. Appl Environ Microbiol 2004; 70:5026-9. [PMID: 15294844 PMCID: PMC492350 DOI: 10.1128/aem.70.8.5026-5029.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Two morphological types of appendages, an anchor-like appendage and a peritrichate fibril-type appendage, have been observed on cells of an adhesive bacterium, Acinetobacter sp. strain Tol 5, by use of recently developed electron microscopic techniques. The anchor extends straight to the substratum without branching and tethers the cell body at its end at distances of several hundred nanometers, whereas the peritrichate fibril attaches to the substratum in multiple places, fixing the cell at much shorter distances.
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- Shun'ichi Ishii
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Gokiso-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8555, Japan
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Bacterial cells can produce and sense signal molecules, allowing the whole population to initiate a concerted action once a critical concentration (corresponding to a particular population density) of the signal has been reached, a phenomenon known as quorum sensing. One of the possible quorum sensing-regulated phenotypes is swarming, a flagella-driven movement of differentiated swarmer cells (hyperflagellated, elongated, multinucleated) by which bacteria can spread as a biofilm over a surface. The glycolipid or lipopeptide biosurfactants thereby produced function as wetting agent by reducing the surface tension. Quorum sensing systems are almost always integrated into other regulatory circuits. This effectively expands the range of environmental signals that influence target gene expression beyond population density. In this review, we first discuss the regulation of AHL-mediated surface migration and the involvement of other low-molecular-mass signal molecules (such as the furanosyl borate diester AI-2) in biosurfactant production of different bacteria. In addition, population density-dependent regulation of swarmer cell differentiation is reviewed. Also, several examples of interspecies signalling are reported. Different signal molecules either produced by bacteria (such as other AHLs and diketopiperazines) or excreted by plants (such as furanones, plant signal mimics) might influence the quorum sensing-regulated swarming behaviour in bacteria different from the producer. On the other hand, specific bacteria can reduce the local available concentration of signal molecules produced by others. In the last part, the role and regulation of a surface-associated movement in biofilm formation is discussed. Here we also describe how quorum sensing may disperse existing biofilms and control the interaction between bacteria and higher organisms (such as the Rhizobium-bean symbiosis).
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- Ruth Daniels
- Centre of Microbial and Plant Genetics, K. U. Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 20, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium
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Kirov SM, Castrisios M, Shaw JG. Aeromonas flagella (polar and lateral) are enterocyte adhesins that contribute to biofilm formation on surfaces. Infect Immun 2004; 72:1939-45. [PMID: 15039313 PMCID: PMC375165 DOI: 10.1128/iai.72.4.1939-1945.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 138] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Aeromonas spp. (gram-negative, aquatic bacteria which include enteropathogenic strains) have two distinct flagellar systems, namely a polar flagellum for swimming in liquid and multiple lateral flagella for swarming over surfaces. Only approximately 60% of mesophilic strains can produce lateral flagella. To evaluate flagellar contributions to Aeromonas intestinal colonization, we compared polar and lateral flagellar mutant strains of a diarrheal isolate of Aeromonas caviae for the ability to adhere to the intestinal cell lines Henle 407 and Caco-2, which have the characteristic features of human intestinal enterocytes. Strains lacking polar flagella were virtually nonadherent to these cell lines, while loss of the lateral flagellum decreased adherence by approximately 60% in comparison to the wild-type level. Motility mutants (unable to swim or swarm in agar assays) had adhesion levels of approximately 50% of wild-type values, irrespective of their flagellar expression. Flagellar mutant strains were also evaluated for the ability to form biofilms in a borosilicate glass tube model which was optimized for Aeromonas spp. (broth inoculum, with a 16- to 20-h incubation at 37 degrees C). All flagellar mutants showed a decreased ability to form biofilms (at least 30% lower than the wild type). For the chemotactic motility mutant cheA, biofilm formation decreased >80% from the wild-type level. The complementation of flagellar phenotypes (polar flagellar mutants) restored biofilms to wild-type levels. We concluded that both flagellar types are enterocyte adhesins and need to be fully functional for optimal biofilm formation.
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- Sylvia M Kirov
- Discipline of Pathology, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia.
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Kirov SM. Bacteria that express lateral flagella enable dissection of the multifunctional roles of flagella in pathogenesis. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2003; 224:151-9. [PMID: 12892877 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-1097(03)00445-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Flagella are much more than organelles of locomotion and have multiple roles that contribute to pathogenesis. Bacteria, such as Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Aeromonas spp., that possess two distinct flagellar systems (a polar flagellum for swimming in liquid and lateral flagella for swarming over surfaces) are relatively uncommon and provide ideal models for the independent investigation of the contributions of these different types of motility and other flagellar functions to virulence and how they are controlled. Studies with the above organisms have already increased our understanding of how bacteria sense and colonize surfaces forming biofilms that enable them to survive and persist in hostile environments. These insights are helping to identify possible new targets for novel antimicrobials that will both prevent or disrupt these processes and enhance the effectiveness of existing antibiotics. Aeromonas lateral flagella, in addition to mediating swarming motility, appear to be adhesins in their own right, contribute to microcolony formation and efficient biofilm formation on surfaces, and possibly facilitate host cell invasion. It is, therefore, likely that the ability to express lateral flagella is a significant virulence determinant for the Aeromonas strains able to cause persistent and dysenteric infections in the gastrointestinal tract, but further work is needed to establish this.
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- Sylvia M Kirov
- Discipline of Pathology, University of Tasmania Clinical School, 43 Collins St, 7000, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
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Sánchez-Contreras M, Martín M, Villacieros M, O'Gara F, Bonilla I, Rivilla R. Phenotypic selection and phase variation occur during alfalfa root colonization by Pseudomonas fluorescens F113. J Bacteriol 2002; 184:1587-96. [PMID: 11872710 PMCID: PMC134892 DOI: 10.1128/jb.184.6.1587-1596.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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During colonization of the alfalfa rhizosphere, Pseudomonas fluorescens F113 undergoes phenotypic variation, resulting in the appearance of colonies with different morphology. Among phenotypic variants, three isolates, C, F, and S were selected, with the C variant showing colony morphology identical to that of the inoculated wild-type strain and F and S having a translucent and diffuse morphology. Phenotypic variants F and S were shown to preferentially colonize distal parts of the roots and showed alterations in motility, swimming faster than the C variant and swarming under conditions that did not allow swarming of the C variant. The motility behavior correlated with overproduction of the fliC-encoded protein flagellin but not with hyperflagellation. Flagella of the F and S variants were several times longer than those of the C variant, and overproduction of flagellin was regulated at the transcriptional level. Variant F showed alterations in traits that have been shown to be important for rhizosphere colonization, such as siderophore, cyanide, and exoprotease production, and these phenotypes were complemented by a cloned gacA. Sequence analysis of the gacA alelle in variant F suggested selection of the phenotype in the rhizosphere. Variant F was also affected in other phenotypes, such as lipopolysaccharide structure and flocculation in unshaken liquid medium, which were not complemented by the gacA or gacS gene. Mutation of the F113 sss gene, encoding a site-specific recombinase, showed that most of the phenotypic variation was due to the activity of this recombinase, indicating that phase variation occurs during rhizosphere colonization.
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Kirov SM, Tassell BC, Semmler ABT, O'Donovan LA, Rabaan AA, Shaw JG. Lateral flagella and swarming motility in Aeromonas species. J Bacteriol 2002; 184:547-55. [PMID: 11751834 PMCID: PMC139559 DOI: 10.1128/jb.184.2.547-555.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2001] [Accepted: 10/20/2001] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Swarming motility, a flagellum-dependent behavior that allows bacteria to move over solid surfaces, has been implicated in biofilm formation and bacterial virulence. In this study, light and electron microscopic analyses and genetic and functional investigations have shown that at least 50% of Aeromonas isolates from the species most commonly associated with diarrheal illness produce lateral flagella which mediate swarming motility. Aeromonas lateral flagella were optimally produced when bacteria were grown on solid medium for approximately 8 h. Transmission and thin-section electron microscopy confirmed that these flagella do not possess a sheath structure. Southern analysis of Aeromonas reference strains and strains of mesophilic species (n = 84, varied sources and geographic regions) with a probe designed to detect lateral flagellin genes (lafA1 and lafA2) showed there was no marked species association of laf distribution. Approximately 50% of these strains hybridized strongly with the probe, in good agreement with the expression studies. We established a reproducible swarming assay (0.5% Eiken agar in Difco broth, 30 degrees C) for Aeromonas spp. The laf-positive strains exhibited vigorous swarming motility, whereas laf-negative strains grew but showed no movement from the inoculation site. Light and scanning electron microscopic investigations revealed that lateral flagella formed bacterium-bacterium linkages on the agar surface. Strains of an Aeromonas caviae isolate in which lateral flagellum expression was abrogated by specific mutations in flagellar genes did not swarm, proving conclusively that lateral flagella are required for the surface movement. Whether lateral flagella and swarming motility contribute to Aeromonas intestinal colonization and virulence remains to be determined.
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- Sylvia M Kirov
- Discipline of Pathology, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia.
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Köhler T, Curty LK, Barja F, van Delden C, Pechère JC. Swarming of Pseudomonas aeruginosa is dependent on cell-to-cell signaling and requires flagella and pili. J Bacteriol 2000; 182:5990-6. [PMID: 11029417 PMCID: PMC94731 DOI: 10.1128/jb.182.21.5990-5996.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 592] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We describe swarming in Pseudomonas aeruginosa as a third mode of surface translocation in addition to the previously described swimming and twitching motilities. Swarming in P. aeruginosa is induced on semisolid surfaces (0.5 to 0.7% agar) under conditions of nitrogen limitation and in response to certain amino acids. Glutamate, aspartate, histidine, or proline, when provided as the sole source of nitrogen, induced swarming, while arginine, asparagine, and glutamine, among other amino acids, did not sustain swarming. Cells from the edge of the swarm were about twice as long as cells from the swarm center. In both instances, bacteria possessing two polar flagella were observed by light and electron microscopy. While a fliC mutant of P. aeruginosa displayed slightly diminished swarming, a pilR and a pilA mutant, both deficient in type IV pili, were unable to swarm. Furthermore, cells with mutations in the las cell-to-cell signaling system showed diminished swarming behavior, while rhl mutants were completely unable to swarm. Evidence is presented for rhamnolipids being the actual surfactant involved in swarming motility, which explains the involvement of the cell-to-cell signaling circuitry of P. aeruginosa in this type of surface motility.
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- T Köhler
- Department of Genetics and Microbiology, University Medical Center, Sciences III, University of Geneva, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland.
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Kojima S, Yamamoto K, Kawagishi I, Homma M. The polar flagellar motor of Vibrio cholerae is driven by an Na+ motive force. J Bacteriol 1999; 181:1927-30. [PMID: 10074090 PMCID: PMC93596 DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.6.1927-1930.1999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Vibrio cholerae is a highly motile bacterium which possesses a single polar flagellum as a locomotion organelle. Motility is thought to be an important factor for the virulence of V. cholerae. The genome sequencing project of this organism is in progress, and the genes that are highly homologous to the essential genes of the Na+-driven polar flagellar motor of Vibrio alginolyticus were found in the genome database of V. cholerae. The energy source of its flagellar motor was investigated. We examined the Na+ dependence and the sensitivity to the Na+ motor-specific inhibitor of the motility of the V. cholerae strains and present the evidence that the polar flagellar motor of V. cholerae is driven by an Na+ motive force.
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- S Kojima
- Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
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Some marine bacteria have a special energy-transducing mechanism that is different from those found in Escherichia coli or most of the freshwater and terrestrial bacteria. These marine bacteria specifically require Na+ for their growth and utilize a Na+ circuit for various cellular functions. So far, three types of primary Na+ pump have been identified (i.e. respiration-dependent, decarboxylase-driven and Na+ ATP synthase). Among them, the first type of Na+ pump plays the major role in the marine environment. Recently, the gene sequence and distribution of this Na+ pump have been clarified. In addition, information on genetics and the ecological significance of Na+ driven flagellar motors has also been accumulating. This recent progress in the research of the 'Na+ world' is revealing an interesting way of life that is unique to marine microorganisms.
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- K Kogure
- Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo 1-15-1, Japan.
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Kogure K, Ikemoto E, Morisaki H. Attachment of Vibrio alginolyticus to glass surfaces is dependent on swimming speed. J Bacteriol 1998; 180:932-7. [PMID: 9473049 PMCID: PMC106974 DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.4.932-937.1998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/1997] [Accepted: 12/16/1997] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The attachment of Vibrio alginolyticus to glass surfaces was investigated with special reference to the swimming speed due to the polar flagellum. This bacterium has two types of flagella, i.e., one polar flagellum and numerous lateral flagella. The mutant YM4, which possesses only the polar flagellum, showed much faster attachment than the mutant YM18, which does not possess flagella, indicating that the polar flagellum plays an important role. The attachment of YM4 was dependent on Na+ concentration and was specifically inhibited by amiloride, an inhibitor of polar flagellum rotation. These results are quite similar to those for swimming speed obtained under the same conditions. Observations with other mutants showed that chemotaxis is not critical and that the flagellum does not act as an appendage for attachment. From these results, it is concluded that the attachment of V. alginolyticus to glass surfaces is dependent on swimming speed.
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- K Kogure
- Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Japan.
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Furuno M, Atsumi T, Yamada T, Kojima S, Nishioka N, Kawagishi I, Homma M. Characterization of polar-flagellar-length mutants in Vibrio alginolyticus. Microbiology (Reading) 1997; 143:1615-1621. [DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-5-1615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Vibrio alginolyticus has two types of flagella, polar (Pof) and lateral (Laf). From a Laf-defective mutant (Pof+Laf-), polar-flagellar-length mutants which have short Pof and long Pof were isolated. The mean lengths of the helical axis in wild-type, short and long Pof were 5.5.0.9 μm, 2.5.0.6 μm and 11.2.3.6 μm, respectively. The swimming speeds of the short- and long-Pof mutants were slower than that of the wild-type strain. The relationship between swimming speed and flagellar length in a population of mutant cells was examined. In the short-Pof mutant, the decrease of swimming speed seemed to be derived from the decrease in flagellar length. In the long-Pof mutant, there was almost no correlation between swimming speed and flagellar length, and the slow swimming was explained by the helical shape of the flagella, whose pitch and radius were 1.4 μm and 0.062 μm, respectively, whereas those of the wild-type flagella were 1.5 μm and 0.16 μm. The relative amounts of the various molecular components of the long Pof were different from those of the wild-type or the short Pof. This seems to be the reason for the difference in flagellar shape and length, though the mutation may be pleiotropic and affect flagellar function or regulation.
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- Masaaki Furuno
- Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-01, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Suzuka College of Technology, Shiroko-cho, Suzuka, Mie 510-02, Japan
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- Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-01, Japan
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- Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-01, Japan
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- Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-01, Japan
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- Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-01, Japan
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- Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-01, Japan
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Atsumi T, Maekawa Y, Yamada T, Kawagishi I, Imae Y, Homma M. Effect of viscosity on swimming by the lateral and polar flagella of Vibrio alginolyticus. J Bacteriol 1996; 178:5024-6. [PMID: 8759871 PMCID: PMC178290 DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.16.5024-5026.1996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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By using mutants of Vibrio alginolyticus with only a polar flagellum (Pof+ Laf-) or only lateral flagella (Pof- Laf+), we examined the relationship between swimming speed and the viscosity of the medium for each flagellar system. Pof+ Laf- cells could not swim in the high-viscosity environment (ca. 200 cP) in which Pof- Laf+ cells swam at 20 microns/s. The Pof- Laf+ cells swam at about 20 microns/s at normal viscosity (1 cP) without the viscous agent, and the speed increased to 40 microns/s at about 5 cP and then decreased gradually as the viscosity was increased further. These results show the functional difference between polar and lateral flagella in viscous environments.
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- T Atsumi
- Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, Nagoya University, Japan
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Kawagishi I, Maekawa Y, Atsumi T, Homma M, Imae Y. Isolation of the polar and lateral flagellum-defective mutants in Vibrio alginolyticus and identification of their flagellar driving energy sources. J Bacteriol 1995; 177:5158-60. [PMID: 7665498 PMCID: PMC177299 DOI: 10.1128/jb.177.17.5158-5160.1995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Vibrio alginolyticus has two types of flagella (polar and lateral) in one cell. We isolated mutants with only a polar flagellum (Pof+ Laf-) or only lateral flagella (Pof- Laf+). Using these mutants, we demonstrated that the energy sources of the lateral and polar flagellar motors in V. alginolyticus are H+ and Na+ motive forces, respectively, as in the related species V. parahaemolyticus.
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- I Kawagishi
- Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, Nagoya University, Japan
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Lawrence JR, Korber DR, Caldwell DE. Behavioral analysis of Vibrio parahaemolyticus variants in high- and low-viscosity microenvironments by use of digital image processing. J Bacteriol 1992; 174:5732-9. [PMID: 1512206 PMCID: PMC206522 DOI: 10.1128/jb.174.17.5732-5739.1992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Digital image analysis and light microscopy were used to study and quantify the growth and behavior of two variants and selected flagellar mutants of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in glass flow cells under high- and low-viscosity conditions. The observations showed a series of surface-associated behaviors, including attachment, microcolony formation, migration, chemotactic movements, and aggregation, indicating a substantial degree of adaptive flexibility and multicellular behavior during growth of V. parahaemolyticus at interfaces.
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- J R Lawrence
- National Hydrology Research Institute, Environment Canada, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
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- M D Manson
- Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station 77843-3258
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Delaquis PJ, Caldwell DE, Lawrence JR, McCurdy AR. Detachment ofPseudomonas fluorescens from biofilms on glass surfaces in response to nutrient stress. MICROBIAL ECOLOGY 1989; 18:199-210. [PMID: 24196201 DOI: 10.1007/bf02075808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The effects of glucose and nitrogen depletion on the colonization of glass Petri plates byPseudomonas fluorescens were studied in batch culture. Colonization of the surfaces was initiated before colonization of the bulk phase, and biofilm formation was observed. This resulted in an apparent lag in the batch growth curve for the cell suspension. The lag phase was an artifact caused by the partitioning of cells between the bulk and solid phase of the culture and was not due to a reduction in the growth rate of unattached cells. The specific growth rate of the unattached cells (0.331 hour(-1)) was almost twice that determined for the total population (0.171 hour(-1)). Consequently the growth rate of biofilm-forming bacteria cannot be determined in batch culture unless the growth of both attached and unattached cells is monitored, and batch growth curves may contain artifacts due to the formation and dispersion of biofilms. The depletion of either glucose or nitrogen led to the active detachment of cells from the biofilm. An increase in the hydrophobicity of unattached cells was noted on depletion of carbon. This increase was the result of emigration of cells from the surface into the bulk phase.
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- P J Delaquis
- Department of Applied Microbiology and Food Science, University of Saskatchewan, S7N 0W0, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Belas R, Simon M, Silverman M. Regulation of lateral flagella gene transcription in Vibrio parahaemolyticus. J Bacteriol 1986; 167:210-8. [PMID: 3013835 PMCID: PMC212863 DOI: 10.1128/jb.167.1.210-218.1986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 163] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Two distinctly different organelles of locomotion are produced by Vibrio parahaemolyticus. The polar flagellum is responsible for motility in a liquid environment (swimming), and the lateral flagella enable the bacteria to move over surfaces (swarming). Synthesis of lateral flagella occurs when V. parahaemolyticus is grown on agar media but not when it is grown in liquid media. We used lux (luminescence gene) fusions to conveniently and sensitively analyze the factors which influence transcription of lateral flagella genes (laf). Transposon mini-Mu lux was used to mutagenize V. parahaemolyticus and to generate laf::lux transcriptional fusions. Mutants with insertions of mini-Mu lux in laf genes were defective in the swarming phenotype and produced light when the bacteria were propagated on agar media, but not when cells were grown in liquid media. Thus, surface-dependent expression of lateral flagella synthesis is controlled by regulation of transcription. Such fusion strains were also used to further define the environmental conditions which induce laf gene expression. Cultivation on media solidified by gelling agents other than agar also induced light production in fusion strains, as did growth on a variety of hydrophilic membrane filters suspended over liquid media. Growth at an air-surface interface was not necessary for expression since embedding the fusion strains in agar was also effective. Furthermore, induction of laf gene transcription could also be accomplished by increasing the viscosity of the liquid medium by the addition of a high-molecular-weight polymer such as polyvinylpyrrolidone. Increase in luminescence of the fusion strains was detected within 30 min of initiation of the inducing circumstance, and reversal of induction, e.g., by dilution of the viscous medium, resulted in a rapid decline in the rate of increase in luminescence. Conditions that induced luminescence in the fusion strains also induced the synthesis of lateral flagella in wild-type V. parahaemolyticus. The growth environment of the genes, and it appears that the signal that triggers laf expression is physical rather than chemical in nature. Possibilities for a sensing mechanism are discussed.
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Sersen CD, Doetsch RN, Sjoblad RD. Motility, behavior, and aggregation ofSporosarcina ureae. FEMS Microbiol Lett 1983. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1983.tb00401.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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The adsorption of laterally and polarly flagellated bacteria to chitin was measured, and from the data obtained, a modified Langmuir adsorption isotherm was derived. Results indicated that the adsorption of laterally flagellated Vibrio parahaemolyticus follows the Langmuir adsorption isotherm, a type of adsorption referred to as surface saturation kinetics, when conditions are favorable for the production of lateral flagella. When conditions were not favorable for the production of lateral flagella, bacterial adsorption did not follow the Langmuir adsorption isotherm; instead, proportional adsorption kinetics were observed. The adsorption of some polarly flagellated bacteria exhibited surface saturation kinetics. However, the binding index (the product of the number of binding sites and bacterial affinity to the surface) of polarly flagellated bacteria differed significantly from that of laterally flagellated bacteria, suggesting that polarly flagellated bacteria adsorb to chitin by a different mechanism from that used by the laterally flagellated bacteria. From the results of dual-label adsorption competition experiments, in which polarly flagellated V. cholerae competed with increasing concentrations of laterally flagellated V. parahaemolyticus, it was observed that laterally flagellated bacteria inhibited the adsorption of polarly flagellated bacteria. In contrast, polarly flagellated bacteria enhanced the adsorption of V. cholerae. In competition experiments, where V. parahaemolyticus competed against increasing concentrations of other bacteria, polarly flagellated bacteria enhanced V. parahaemolyticus adsorption significantly, whereas laterally flagellated bacteria only slightly enhanced the process. The direct correlation observed between surface saturation kinetics, the production of lateral flagella, and the ability of laterally flagellated bacteria to inhibit the adsorption of polarly flagellated bacteria suggests that lateral flagella represent a component of bacterial structure that is important in the adsorption of laterally flagellated bacteria to surfaces. A model for adsorption events of laterally flagellated bacteria is proposed, based on the evidence presented.
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