Identification of Listeria monocytogenes determinants required for biofilm formation.
Identification of Listeria monocytogenes determinants required for biofilm formation.
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10.1371/journal.pone.0113696
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发表时间:
2014
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影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
Higgins DE
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作者:
Alonso AN;Perry KJ;Regeimbal JM;Regan PM;Higgins DE
Listeria monocytogenes is a Gram-positive, food-borne pathogen of humans and animals. L. monocytogenes is considered to be a potential public health risk by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), as this bacterium can easily contaminate ready-to-eat (RTE) foods and cause an invasive, life-threatening disease (listeriosis). Bacteria can adhere and grow on multiple surfaces and persist within biofilms in food processing plants, providing resistance to sanitizers and other antimicrobial agents. While whole genome sequencing has led to the identification of biofilm synthesis gene clusters in many bacterial species, bioinformatics has not identified the biofilm synthesis genes within the L. monocytogenes genome. To identify genes necessary for L. monocytogenes biofilm formation, we performed a transposon mutagenesis library screen using a recently constructed Himar1 mariner transposon. Approximately 10,000 transposon mutants within L. monocytogenes strain 10403S were screened for biofilm formation in 96-well polyvinyl chloride (PVC) microtiter plates with 70 Himar1 insertion mutants identified that produced significantly less biofilms. DNA sequencing of the transposon insertion sites within the isolated mutants revealed transposon insertions within 38 distinct genetic loci. The identification of mutants bearing insertions within several flagellar motility genes previously known to be required for the initial stages of biofilm formation validated the ability of the mutagenesis screen to identify L. monocytogenes biofilm-defective mutants. Two newly identified genetic loci, dltABCD and phoPR, were selected for deletion analysis and both ΔdltABCD and ΔphoPR bacterial strains displayed biofilm formation defects in the PVC microtiter plate assay, confirming these loci contribute to biofilm formation by L. monocytogenes.
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DOI:
10.1084/jem.167.4.1459
发表时间:
1988-04-01
期刊:
The Journal of experimental medicine
影响因子:
--
作者:
Portnoy DA;Jacks PS;Hinrichs DJ
通讯作者:
Hinrichs DJ
影响因子:
6.7
作者:
Saar-Dover R;Bitler A;Nezer R;Shmuel-Galia L;Firon A;Shimoni E;Trieu-Cuot P;Shai Y
通讯作者:
Shai Y
影响因子:
3.2
作者:
Perry, Kyle J.;Higgins, Darren E.
通讯作者:
Higgins, Darren E.
影响因子:
3.2
作者:
Kocan, M;Schaffer, S;Bott, M
通讯作者:
Bott, M
影响因子:
3.1
作者:
GAILLARD, JL;BERCHE, P;SANSONETTI, P
通讯作者:
SANSONETTI, P