Ecological implications of glucosyltransferase phase variation in Streptococcus gordonii.

Abstract:

:When sucrose is provided as a substrate for glucosyltransferase (GTF), Spp+ cells of the oral bacteria Streptococcus gordonii grow embedded in an insoluble glucan mass associated with surfaces. Spp- phase variants with lower GTF activity, which either arise from or are grown with Spp+ cells, segregate preferentially as unattached cells in the culture supernatants. Conversely, Spp+ revertants preferentially accumulate on surfaces. GTF phase variation, therefore, may facilitate the dispersion of S. gordonii cells throughout the oral cavity.

journal_name

Appl Environ Microbiol

authors

Vickerman MM,Clewell DB,Jones GW

doi

10.1128/AEM.57.12.3648-3651.1991

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1991-12-01 00:00:00

pages

3648-51

issue

12

eissn

0099-2240

issn

1098-5336

journal_volume

57

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