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Role of rpoS in Stress Survival and Virulence of Vibrio cholerae

Vibrio cholerae is known to persist in aquatic environments under nutrient-limiting conditions. To analyze the possible involvement of the alternative sigma factor encoded by rpoS, which is shown to be important for survival during nutrient deprivation in several other bacterial species, a V. choler...

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Main Authors: Yildiz, Fitnat H., Schoolnik, Gary K.
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Publicado em: American Society for Microbiology 1998
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spelling pubmed-1069542002-09-13 Role of rpoS in Stress Survival and Virulence of Vibrio cholerae Yildiz, Fitnat H. Schoolnik, Gary K. J Bacteriol Physiology and Metabolism Vibrio cholerae is known to persist in aquatic environments under nutrient-limiting conditions. To analyze the possible involvement of the alternative sigma factor encoded by rpoS, which is shown to be important for survival during nutrient deprivation in several other bacterial species, a V. cholerae rpoS homolog was cloned by functional complementation of an Escherichia coli mutant by using a wild-type genomic library. Sequence analysis of the complementing clone revealed an 1.008-bp open reading frame which is predicted to encode a 336-amino-acid protein with 71 to 63% overall identity to other reported rpoS gene products. To determine the functional role of rpoS in V. cholerae, we inactivated rpoS by homologous recombination. V. cholerae strains lacking rpoS are impaired in the ability to survive diverse environmental stresses, including exposure to hydrogen peroxide, hyperosmolarity, and carbon starvation. These results suggest that rpoS may be required for the persistence of V. cholerae in aquatic habitats. In addition, the rpoS mutation led to reduced production or secretion of hemagglutinin/protease. However, rpoS is not critical for in vivo survival, as determined by an infant mouse intestinal competition assay. American Society for Microbiology 1998-02 /pmc/articles/PMC106954/ /pubmed/9473029 Text en Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology
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topic Physiology and Metabolism
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Yildiz, Fitnat H.
Schoolnik, Gary K.
Role of rpoS in Stress Survival and Virulence of Vibrio cholerae
description Vibrio cholerae is known to persist in aquatic environments under nutrient-limiting conditions. To analyze the possible involvement of the alternative sigma factor encoded by rpoS, which is shown to be important for survival during nutrient deprivation in several other bacterial species, a V. cholerae rpoS homolog was cloned by functional complementation of an Escherichia coli mutant by using a wild-type genomic library. Sequence analysis of the complementing clone revealed an 1.008-bp open reading frame which is predicted to encode a 336-amino-acid protein with 71 to 63% overall identity to other reported rpoS gene products. To determine the functional role of rpoS in V. cholerae, we inactivated rpoS by homologous recombination. V. cholerae strains lacking rpoS are impaired in the ability to survive diverse environmental stresses, including exposure to hydrogen peroxide, hyperosmolarity, and carbon starvation. These results suggest that rpoS may be required for the persistence of V. cholerae in aquatic habitats. In addition, the rpoS mutation led to reduced production or secretion of hemagglutinin/protease. However, rpoS is not critical for in vivo survival, as determined by an infant mouse intestinal competition assay.
author Yildiz, Fitnat H.
Schoolnik, Gary K.
author_facet Yildiz, Fitnat H.
Schoolnik, Gary K.
author_sort Yildiz, Fitnat H.
title Role of rpoS in Stress Survival and Virulence of Vibrio cholerae
title_short Role of rpoS in Stress Survival and Virulence of Vibrio cholerae
title_full Role of rpoS in Stress Survival and Virulence of Vibrio cholerae
title_fullStr Role of rpoS in Stress Survival and Virulence of Vibrio cholerae
title_full_unstemmed Role of rpoS in Stress Survival and Virulence of Vibrio cholerae
title_sort role of rpos in stress survival and virulence of vibrio cholerae
publisher American Society for Microbiology
publisher_facet American Society for Microbiology
publishDate 1998
url https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC106954/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9473029
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