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APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY
卷 78, 期 18, 页码 6592-6599出版社
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01067-12
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- National Pork Board (NPB) [10-086]
- USDA NIFA [2010-04487]
- Washington State Agricultural Research Center
- Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine Agricultural Animal Health Program
A novel phenotype was recently identified in which specific strains of Escherichia coli inhibit competing E. coli strains via a mechanism that was designated proximity-dependent inhibition (PDI). PDI-expressing (PDI+) E. coli is known to inhibit susceptible (PDI) E. coli strains, including several enterohemorrhagic (EHEC) and enterotoxigenic (ETEC) E. coli strains. In this study, every strain from a genetically diverse panel of E. coli O157:H7 (n = 25) and additional strains of E. coli serovar 026 were susceptible to the PDI phenotype. LIVE/DEAD staining was consistent with inhibition by killing of susceptible cells. Comparative genome analysis identified the genetic component of PDI, which is composed of a plasmid-borne (Incl1) operon encoding a putative microcin and associated genes for transport, immunity, and microcin activation. Transfer of the plasmid to a PDI strain resulted in transfer of the phenotype, and deletion of the genes within the operon resulted in loss of the inhibition phenotype. Deletion of chromosomally encoded tolC also resulted in loss of the inhibitory phenotype, and this confirmed that the putative microcin is most likely secreted via a type I secretion pathway. Deletion of an unrelated plasmid gene did not affect the PDI phenotype. Quantitative reverse transcription (RT)-PCR demonstrated that microcin expression is correlated with logarithmic-phase growth. The ability to inhibit a diversity of E. coli strains indicates that this microcin may influence gut community composition and could be useful for control of important enteric pathogens.
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