期刊
JOURNAL OF GENERAL VIROLOGY
卷 98, 期 8, 页码 2181-2189出版社
MICROBIOLOGY SOC
DOI: 10.1099/jgv.0.000883
关键词
carrier state; ssRNA phage; levivirus; resistance mechanisms; chromosomal mutations
资金
- Direction Generale de l'Armement (DGA)
- Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR, France), 'Resisphage' [ANR-13-ASTRID-0011-01]
ssRNA bacteriophages are very abundant but poorly studied, particularly in relation to their effect on bacterial evolution. We isolated a new Pseudomonas aeruginosa levivirus, vB_PaeL_PcyII-10_LeviOr01, from hospital waste water. Its genome comprises 3669 nucleotides and encodes four putative proteins. Following bacterial infection, a carrier state is established in a fraction of the cells, conferring superinfection immunity. Such cells also resist other phages that use type IV pili as a receptor. The carrier population is composed of a mixture of cells producing phage, and susceptible cells that are non-carriers. Carrier cells accumulate phage until they burst, releasing large quantities of virions. The continuous presence of phage favours the emergence of host variants bearing mutations in genes involved in type IV pilus biogenesis, but also in genes affecting lipopolysaccharide (LPS) synthesis. The establishment of a carrier state in which phage particles are continuously released was previously reported for some dsRNA phages, but has not previously been described for a levivirus. The present results highlight the importance of the carrier state, an association that benefits both phages and bacteria and plays a role in bacterial evolution.
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