Project description:Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. animalis CNCM I-4602 was tested for its ability to grow in reconstituted skimmed milk (RSM). Strain CNCM I-4602 grows and survives poorly in reconstituted skimmed milk (RSM), although this was partially countered by the addition of certain compounds, including yeast extract, uric acid, glutathione, cysteine, ferrous sulfate and a combination of magnesium sulfate and manganese sulfate. Microarray analysis of the strain grown in RSM revealed a number of up-regulated amino acid biosynthetic pathways, as well as stress-related genes. Expression profiling by array
Project description:Pseudomonas putida KT2440 harbors three known members of the CsrA/RsmA family of post-transcriptional regulators: RsmA, RsmE and RsmI. We have carried out a global analysis to identify RNA sequences that are bound in vivo by Rsm proteins, in order to identify potential regulatory targets for each of them. Affinity purification and sequencing of RNA molecules associated with Rsm proteins were used to identify 709 targets, 75 of them common to the three proteins. Relevant targets include genes encoding proteins involved in metabolism, transport and secretion, stress responses, signal transduction and regulation, and the turnover of the second messenger c-di-GMP. The role of Rsm proteins in the utilization of basic amino acids and bacterial fitness in the plant rhizosphere are also exposed.
