The flhDC gene affects motility and biofilm formation in Yersinia pseudotuberculosis |
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Authors: | Wang Yao Ding LiSha Hu YangBo Zhang Yong Yang BaoYu and Chen ShiYun |
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Institution: | Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430071, China. |
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Abstract: | The flagella master regulatory gene flhDC of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis serotype III (YPIII) was mu-tated by deleting the middle region and replaced by a tetracycline resistant gene, and the subsequent mutant strain named YPIII8710;flhDC was obtained. Swimming assay showed that the swimming motility of the mutant strain was completely abolished. The promoter region of the flagella second-class regula-tory gene fliA was fused with the lux box, and was conjugated with the mutant and the parent strains respectively for the first cross. LUCY assay result demonstrated that flhDC regulated the expression of fliA in YPIII as reported in E. coli. Biofilm formation of the mutant strain on abiotic and biotic surfaces was observed and quantified. The results showed that
mutation of flhDC decreased biofilm formation on both abiotic and biotic surfaces, and abated the infection on Caenorhabdtis elegans. Our results suggest that mutation of the flagella master regulatory gene flhDC not only abolished the swimming motility, but also affected biofilm formation of YPIII on different surfaces. The new function of flhDC identified in this study provides a novel viewpoint for the control of bacterial biofilm formation. |
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Keywords: | Yersinia pseudotuberculosis flhDC motility biofilm |
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