Low-molecular-weight metabolites secreted by Paenibacillus larvae as potential virulence factors of American foulbrood.

Abstract:

:The spore-forming bacterium Paenibacillus larvae causes a severe and highly infective bee disease, American foulbrood (AFB). Despite the large economic losses induced by AFB, the virulence factors produced by P. larvae are as yet unknown. To identify such virulence factors, we experimentally infected young, susceptible larvae of the honeybee, Apis mellifera carnica, with different P. larvae isolates. Honeybee larvae were reared in vitro in 24-well plates in the laboratory after isolation from the brood comb. We identified genotype-specific differences in the etiopathology of AFB between the tested isolates of P. larvae, which were revealed by differences in the median lethal times. Furthermore, we confirmed that extracts of P. larvae cultures contain low-molecular-weight compounds, which are toxic to honeybee larvae. Our data indicate that P. larvae secretes metabolites into the medium with a potent honeybee toxic activity pointing to a novel pathogenic factor(s) of P. larvae. Genome mining of P. larvae subsp. larvae BRL-230010 led to the identification of several biosynthesis gene clusters putatively involved in natural product biosynthesis, highlighting the potential of P. larvae to produce such compounds.

journal_name

Appl Environ Microbiol

authors

Schild HA,Fuchs SW,Bode HB,Grünewald B

doi

10.1128/AEM.04049-13

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2014-04-01 00:00:00

pages

2484-92

issue

8

eissn

0099-2240

issn

1098-5336

pii

AEM.04049-13

journal_volume

80

pub_type

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