Abstract:
:Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens is a soil alphaproteobacterium that possesses two evolutionarily distinct flagellar systems, a constitutive subpolar flagellum and inducible lateral flagella that, depending on the carbon source, may be expressed simultaneously in liquid medium and used interactively for swimming. In each system, more than 30 genes encode the flagellar proteins, most of which are well characterized. Among the exceptions is FliL, which has been scarcely studied in alphaproteobacteria and whose function in other bacterial classes is somewhat controversial. Because each B. diazoefficiens flagellar system contains its own fliL paralog, we obtained the respective deletions ΔfliLS (subpolar) and ΔfliLL (lateral) to study their functions in swimming. We determined that FliLL was essential for lateral flagellum-driven motility. FliLS was dispensable for swimming in either liquid or semisolid medium; however, it was found to play a crucial role in upregulation of the lateral flagellum regulon under conditions of increased viscosity/flagellar load. Therefore, although FliLS seems to be not essential for swimming, it may participate in a mechanosensor complex that controls lateral flagellum induction.IMPORTANCE Bacterial motility propelled by flagella is an important trait in most environments, where microorganisms must explore the habitat toward beneficial resources and evade toxins. Most bacterial species have a unique flagellar system, but a few species possess two different flagellar systems in the same cell. An example is Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens, the N2-fixing symbiont of soybean, which uses both systems for swimming. Among the less-characterized flagellar proteins is FliL, a protein typically associated with a flagellum-driven surface-based collective motion called swarming. By using deletion mutants in each flagellar system's fliL, we observed that one of them (lateral) was required for swimming, while the other (subpolar) took part in the control of lateral flagellum synthesis. Hence, this protein seems to participate in the coordination of activity and production of both flagellar systems.
journal_name
J Bacterioljournal_title
Journal of bacteriologyauthors
Mengucci F,Dardis C,Mongiardini EJ,Althabegoiti MJ,Partridge JD,Kojima S,Homma M,Quelas JI,Lodeiro ARdoi
10.1128/JB.00708-19subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2020-02-11 00:00:00issue
5eissn
0021-9193issn
1098-5530pii
JB.00708-19journal_volume
202pub_type
杂志文章abstract::Mir M7 is a spontaneous morphologically conditional mutant of Klebsiella pneumoniae which grows as round cells (cocci) at pH 7 and as normal rods at pH 5.8. We studied the rates of peptidoglycan synthesis of cocci and rods growing at pH values of 7 and 5.8, respectively. It was found that exponentially growing cocci p...
journal_title:Journal of bacteriology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/JB.137.2.727-734.1979
更新日期:1979-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Herbaspirillum sp. strain GW103 was isolated from rhizosphere soil of the reed Phragmites australis on reclaimed land. Here we report the 5.05-Mb draft genome sequence of the strain, providing bioinformation about the agronomic benefits of this strain, such as multiple traits relevant to plant root colonization and pl...
journal_title:Journal of bacteriology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/JB.00806-12
更新日期:2012-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Bacillus anthracis Sterne cured of the pXO1 plasmid had enhanced secreted protease activity during the postexponential phase but no change in hemolytic or lecithinase activities. A zymogen profile revealed at least six proteases, including serine, metal, and perhaps cysteine types. There were similar amounts of protea...
journal_title:Journal of bacteriology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/JB.187.9.3133-3138.2005
更新日期:2005-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::The products of phospholipid turnover in Bacillus stearothermophilus were determined in cultures labeled to equilibrium and with short pulses of [32P]phosphate and [2-3H]glycerol. Label lost from the cellular lipid pool was recovered in three fractions: low-molecular-weight extracellular products, extracellular lipid,...
journal_title:Journal of bacteriology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/JB.154.1.294-303.1983
更新日期:1983-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::The relationship between specific growth rate of Escherichia coli and the concentration of limiting nutrient (glucose or phosphate or tryptophan) has been determined for populations in a steady state. At high concentrations the specific growth rate is independent of the concentration of nutrient, but at low concentrat...
journal_title:Journal of bacteriology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/JB.107.1.210-216.1971
更新日期:1971-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Functional domain structures of pyocins AP41, S1, and S2 were assigned by examining the functions of chimeric pyocins and deletion derivatives. Pyocins AP41, S1, and S2 are essentially composed of three domains, the receptor-binding domain, the translocation domain, and the DNase domain, in that order from the N termi...
journal_title:Journal of bacteriology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/jb.175.19.6179-6185.1993
更新日期:1993-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Streptococcus cremoris cells that had been grown in a chemostat were starved for lactose. The viability of the culture remained essentially constant in the first hours of starvation and subsequently declined logarithmically. The viability pattern during starvation varied with the previously imposed growth rates. The d...
journal_title:Journal of bacteriology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/jb.169.4.1460-1468.1987
更新日期:1987-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::At some time during sporulation development, cells of Bacillus subtilis develop a commitment to continue sporulation even after addition of or dilution into a fresh nutrient. The extent of commitment was measured by the titer of spores produced at the time at which the original culture sporulated maximally. Since newl...
journal_title:Journal of bacteriology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/JB.129.2.901-907.1977
更新日期:1977-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Nickel-deficient (Nic-) mutants of Alcaligenes eutrophus requiring high levels of nickel ions for autotrophic growth with hydrogen were characterized. The Nic- mutants carried defined deletions in the hydrogenase gene cluster of the indigenous pHG megaplasmid. Nickel deficiency correlated with a low level of the nicke...
journal_title:Journal of bacteriology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/jb.171.3.1340-1345.1989
更新日期:1989-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::The penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) are a set of enzymes that participate in bacterial peptidoglycan assembly. The absolute numbers of each PBP were determined by direct measurement and have been reported for two Staphylococcus aureus strains, RN4220 (methicillin-sensitive S. aureus) and RN450M (methicillin-resista...
journal_title:Journal of bacteriology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/jb.184.2.588-591.2002
更新日期:2002-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Purified suspensions of Chlamydia psittaci were prepared from L cells. Thin sections of intact elementary bodies and intact developmental reticulate bodies and of their purified envelopes were observed by electron microscopy. In both intact organisms and partially purified envelopes, two membranous structures, each ap...
journal_title:Journal of bacteriology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/JB.105.1.355-360.1971
更新日期:1971-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Margherita, S. S. (Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pa.), and H. Friedmann. Induction of nonspecific resistance by endotoxin in unresponsive mice. J. Bacteriol. 89:277-280. 1965.-Serratia marcescens endotoxin was tested for protective effect in animals of varying immunological competence. A quantity...
journal_title:Journal of bacteriology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/JB.89.2.277-280.1965
更新日期:1965-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Several enzymes and metabolites concerned with carbohydrate metabolism were examined in mice infected with Listeria monocytogenes. Liver glycogen and glucose decreased parallel to severity of infection. The concentration of glucose in the blood fell to abnormally low levels with a hypoglycemia being most evident at 72...
journal_title:Journal of bacteriology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/JB.93.2.538-543.1967
更新日期:1967-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Pasteurella multocida was grown in iron-free chemically defined medium supplemented with hemoglobin, transferrin, ferritin, and ferric citrate as iron sources. Whole-genome DNA microarrays were used to monitor global gene expression over seven time points after the addition of the defined iron source to the medium. Th...
journal_title:Journal of bacteriology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/jb.184.23.6714-6720.2002
更新日期:2002-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Hottle, G. A. (Naval Biological Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley), and D. N. Wright. Growth and survival of Mycoplasma neurolyticum in liquid media. J. Bacteriol. 91:1834-1839. 1966.-Maximal growth of Mycoplasma neurolyticum (between 10(8) and 10(9) colony-forming units per ml) was obtained after 3 days ...
journal_title:Journal of bacteriology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/JB.91.5.1834-1839.1966
更新日期:1966-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Forty years ago, Coulter and Talalay (A. W. Coulter and P. Talalay, J. Biol. Chem. 243:3238-3247, 1968) established the oxygenase-dependent pathway for the degradation of testosterone by aerobes. The oxic testosterone catabolic pathway involves several oxygen-dependent reactions and is not available for anaerobes. Sin...
journal_title:Journal of bacteriology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/JB.00331-11
更新日期:2011-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::To relate the roles of Escherichia coli SSB in recombination in vivo and in vitro, we have studied the mutant proteins SSB-1 and SSB-113, the variant SSBc produced by chymotryptic cleavage, the partially homologous variant F SSB (encoded by the E. coli sex factor), and the protein encoded by gene 32 of bacteriophage T...
journal_title:Journal of bacteriology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/jb.169.8.3422-3428.1987
更新日期:1987-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::In coupling the reducing power of illuminated chloroplasts to the nitrogenase from photosynthetically grown Rhodospirillum rubrum cells, one of the native ferredoxins. FdI, was found to be three times more effective than FdII. ...
journal_title:Journal of bacteriology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/JB.121.2.743-745.1975
更新日期:1975-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::The high-potential 4Fe-4S* center ofAzotobacter vinelandii ferredoxin I has been titrated potentiometrically by a reductive procedure. The absorbance decrease at 510 nm accompanying the reduction of the high-potential center titrated with an Em of 320 mV (n = 1). The low-potential 4Fe-4S* center was titrated by using ...
journal_title:Journal of bacteriology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/JB.136.2.822-824.1978
更新日期:1978-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Vegetative cells and cysts of Azotobacter vinelandii 12837 were prepared for electron microscopy by several methods assumed to preserve structural details destroyed by techniques previously reported in the literature. Examination of large numbers of cells and cysts by these methods revealed four structural details not...
journal_title:Journal of bacteriology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/JB.104.2.933-939.1970
更新日期:1970-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::The composition of the Pseudomonas solanacearum lipolysaccharide (LPS) was found to be similar to that described for the LPS of enterobacteria. The lipid A contained fatty acids and glucosamine in a molar ratio of 5:2. The LPS fraction contained 2-keto-3-deoxyoctulosonic acid, L-glycero-D-mannoheptose, hexoses (glucos...
journal_title:Journal of bacteriology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/JB.162.2.504-509.1985
更新日期:1985-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::The Escherichia coli gene coding for dihydropteroate synthase (DHPS) has been cloned and sequenced. The protein has 282 amino acids and a compositional molecular mass of 30,314 daltons. Increased expression of the enzyme was realized by using a T7 expression system. The enzyme was purified and crystallized. A temperat...
journal_title:Journal of bacteriology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/jb.174.18.5961-5970.1992
更新日期:1992-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::The three-component naphthalene dioxygenase (NDO) enzyme system carries out the first step in the aerobic degradation of naphthalene by Pseudomonas sp. strain NCIB 9816-4. The three-dimensional structure of NDO revealed that several of the amino acids at the active site of the oxygenase are hydrophobic, which is consi...
journal_title:Journal of bacteriology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/jb.182.6.1641-1649.2000
更新日期:2000-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Group A streptococcus (GAS) produces millions of infections worldwide, including mild mucosal infections, postinfection sequelae, and life-threatening invasive diseases. During infection, GAS readily acquires nutritional iron from host heme and hemoproteins. Here, we identified a new heme importer, named SiaFGH, and i...
journal_title:Journal of bacteriology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/JB.00205-20
更新日期:2020-06-25 00:00:00
abstract::The raffinose (raf) operon is negatively controlled by the specific binding of raf repressor (rafR gene) to raf operator (rafO) DNA. Both rafR and rafO have been sequenced. The 1,011-base-pair rafR gene encodes a 336-amino-acid polypeptide containing an N-terminal helix-turn-helix motif. rafO, as defined by in vivo ti...
journal_title:Journal of bacteriology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/jb.172.4.2178-2180.1990
更新日期:1990-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Orthologs of RecG and RuvABC are highly conserved among prokaryotes; in Escherichia coli, they participate in independent pathways that branch migrate Holliday junctions during recombinational DNA repair. RecG also has been shown to directly convert stalled replication forks into Holliday junctions. The bacterium Heli...
journal_title:Journal of bacteriology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/JB.01848-07
更新日期:2008-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::Freter, Rolf (Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pa.), and Atsushi Ozawa. Explanation for limitation of populations of Escherichia coli in broth cultures. J. Bacteriol. 86:904-910. 1963.-Veal Infusion Broth surrounding a cellophane bag containing a 24-hr culture of Escherichia coli was inhibitory to an inoculum ...
journal_title:Journal of bacteriology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/JB.86.5.904-910.1963
更新日期:1963-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Relatedness in species of Erwinia was assessed by determining the extent of reassociation in heterologous deoxyribonucleic acid preparations. Thermal elution chromatography on hydroxyapatite was used to separate reassociated nucleotide sequences from nonreassociated sequences and to determine the thermal stability of ...
journal_title:Journal of bacteriology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/JB.110.1.12-17.1972
更新日期:1972-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::The E. coli RelA protein is a ribosome-dependent (p)ppGpp synthetase that is activated in response to amino acid starvation. RelA can be dissected both functionally and physically into two domains: The N-terminal domain (NTD) (amino acids [aa] 1 to 455) contains the catalytic domain of RelA, and the C-terminal domain ...
journal_title:Journal of bacteriology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/JB.183.2.570-579.2001
更新日期:2001-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Citrate metabolism in Leuconostoc mesenteroides subspecies mesenteroides is associated with the generation of a proton motive force by a secondary mechanism (C. Marty-Teysset, C. Posthuma, J. S. Lolkema, P. Schmitt, C. Divies, and W. N. Konings, J. Bacteriol. 178:2178-2185, 1996). The pathway consists of four steps: (...
journal_title:Journal of bacteriology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/jb.178.21.6209-6215.1996
更新日期:1996-11-01 00:00:00