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Gene transcription from the linear plasmid pBClin15 leads to cell lysis and extracellular DNA dependent aggregation of B. cereus ATCC 14579 in response to quinolone induced stress


ABSTRACT: Several members of the Bacillus cereus group of bacteria carry lysogenic phages of the family Tectiviridae. The Bacilus cereus reference strain (ATCC 14579) harbor a linear plasmid (pBClin15) that is highly similar to the genomes of the Tectiviruses. Production of active phages has however never been reported for pBClin15 and the role of pBClin15 in B. cereus physiology has been enigmatic. We have for the first time demonstrated an effect of pBClin15 on the physiology of B. cereus ATCC 14579 whereby the wild type is more sensitive to DNA damaging antibiotics compared to a pBClin15 cured strain. The microarray experiments in this study were designed to highlight transcriptional differences between the B. cereus ATCC 14579 wild type and a plasmid cured variant that potentially could explain the impact of pBClin15 on the B. cereus physiology. Microarray experiments were carried out under non-stressful conditions (growth in logarithmic phase in LB medium) under which there were no phenotypic difference between the wild type and pBClin15 cured strain as well as under stressful conditions under which there were phenotypic differences between the two strain (growth in LB medium supplemented with 0.5M-5g norfloxacin per ml).

ORGANISM(S): Bacillus cereus

SUBMITTER: Roger Simm 

PROVIDER: E-MEXP-3894 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress

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Gene transcription from the linear plasmid pBClin15 leads to cell lysis and extracellular DNA-dependent aggregation of Bacillus cereus ATCC 14579 in response to quinolone-induced stress.

Vörös Aniko A   Simm Roger R   Kroeger Jasmin K JK   Kolstø Anne-Brit AB  

Microbiology (Reading, England) 20130903 Pt 11


The Bacillus cereus type strain ATCC 14579 harbours pBClin15, a linear plasmid with similar genome organization to tectiviruses. Since phage morphogenesis is not known to occur it has been suggested that pBClin15 may be a defect relic of a tectiviral prophage without relevance for the bacterial physiology. However, in this paper, we demonstrate that a pBClin15-cured strain is more tolerant to antibiotics interfering with DNA integrity than the WT strain. Growth in the presence of crystal violet  ...[more]

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