Characterization of bacteriophages from fox-containing, non-toxigenic isolates of Corynebacterium diphtheriae

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 343-351

  Cianciotto, Nicholas P ^a   Groman, Neal B ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

ADP ribosylation; Bacteriophages; Corynebacterium diphtheriae; Diphtheria toxin; Non toxigenic strains

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA TOXIN; DIPHTHERIA VACCINE;

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; VIROLOGY;

BACTERIOPHAGES; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; DIPHTHERIA TOXIN; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; MUTATION; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

EID: 0030610441     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpat.1996.0120     Document Type: Article

References (44)

1. Kalapothaki V., Sapounas T., Xiouchaki E., Papoutsakis G., Trichopoulos D. Prevalence of diphtheria carriers in a population with disappearing clinical diphtheria. Infect. 12:1984;387-389.
2. Saragea A., Maximescu P., Meitert E. Corynebacterium diphtheriae. Meth Microbiol. 13:1979;62-177.
3. Pappenheimer AM Jr, Murphy J.R. Studies on the molecular epidemiology of diphtheria. Lancet. 1983;923-926.
4. Wilson A.P.R. The return ofCorynebacterium diphtheriae. J Hosp Infect. 30:1995;306-312.
5. Efstratiou A., George R.C., Begg N.T. Non-toxigenicCorynebacterium diphtheriaegravis. Lancet. 341:1993;1592-1593.
6. Sloss J.M., Faithfull-Davies D.N. Non-toxigenicCoryne- bacterium diphtheriae. Lancet. 341:1993;1021.
7. Wilson A.P.R., Efstratiou A., Weaver A. Unusual non-toxigenicCorynebacterium diphtheriae. Lancet. 1992;339-998.
8. Barakett V., Morel G., Lesage D., Petit J.C. Septic arthritis due to a nontoxigenic strain ofCorynebacterium diph- theriaemitis. Clin Infect Dis. 17:1993;520-521.
9. Efstratiou A., Tiley S.M., Sangrador A. Invasive disease caused by multiple clones ofCorynebacterium diphtheriae. Clin Infect Dis. 17:1993;136.
10. Gruner E., Opravil M., Altwegg M., von Graevenitz A. Non-toxigenicCorynebacterium diphtheriae. Clin Infect Dis. 18:1994;94-96.
11. Harnisch J.P., Tronca E., Nolan C.M., Turck M., Holmes K.K. Diphtheria among alcoholic urban adults: a decade of experience in Seattle. Ann Intern Med. 111:1989;71-82.
12. Tiley S.M., Kociuba K.R., Heron L.G., Munro R. Infective endocarditis due to nontoxigenicCorynebacterium diph- theriae. Clin Infect Dis. 16:1993;271-275.
13. Cianciotto N., Groman N. A beta-related coryne- bacteriophage which lacks atox. Infect Immun. 49:1985;32-35.
14. Coyle M.B., Groman N.B., Russell J.Q., Harnisch J.P., Rabin M., Holmes K.K. The molecular epidemiology of three biotypes ofCorynebacterium diphtheriae. J Infect Dis. 159:1989;670-679.
15. Groman N., Cianciotto N., Bjorn M., Rabin M. Detection and expression of DNA homologous to thetoxCorynebacterium diphtheriae. Infect Immun. 42:1983;48-56.
16. Mikhailovich V.M., Melnikov V.G., Makurova I.K. Application of PCR for detection of toxigenicCoryne- bacterium diphtheriae. J Clin Microbiol. 33:1995;3061-3063.
17. Pallen M.J., Hay A.J., Puckey L.H., Efstratiou A. Polymerase chain reaction for screening clinical isolates of coryne- bacteria for the production of diphtheria toxin. J Clin Pathol. 47:1994;353-356.
18. Rappouli R., Perugini M., Falsen E. Molecular epidemiology of the 1984-1986 outbreak of diphtheria in Sweden. New Engl J Med. 318:1988;12-14.
19. Freeman V.J. Studies on the virulence of bacteriophage-infected strains ofCorynebacterium diphtheriae. J Bacteriol. 61:1951;675-688.
20. Groman N.B. Conversion by corynephages and its role in the natural history of diphtheria. J Hyg Camb. 93:1984;405-417.
21. Simmons L.E., Abbott J.D., Macaulay M. Diphtheria carriers in Manchester: simultaneous infection with toxigenic and non-toxigenic mitis strains. Lancet. 1:1980;304-305.
22. Farizo K.M., Strebel P.M., Chen R.T., Kimbler A., Cleary T.J., Cochi S.L. Fatal respiratory disease due toCoryne- bacterium diphtheriae. Clin Infect Dis. 16:1993;59-68.
23. Popovic T., Wharton M., Wenger J.D., McIntrye L., Wach- smuth I.K. Are we ready for diphtheria? A report from the diphtheria diagnostic workshop, Atlanta, 11 and 12 July 1994. J Infect Dis. 171:1995;765-777.
24. Groman N.B., Eaton M. Genetic factors inCoryne- bacterium diphtheriae. J Bacteriol. 70:1955;637-640.
25. Laird W., Groman N.B. Orientation of thetox. J Virol. 19:1976;228-231.
26. Hauser D., Popoff M.R., Kiredjian M., Boquet P., Bimet F. Polymerase chain reaction assay for diagnosis of potentially toxinogenicCorynebacterium diphtheriae. J Clin Microbiol. 31:1993;2720-2723.
27. Groman N.B. Conversion inCorynebacterium diphtheriae. Virology. 2:1956;843-844.
28. Parsons E.I. Induction of toxigenicity in nontoxigenic strains ofC. diphtheriae. Proc Soc Exp Biol Med. 90:1955;91-93.
29. Buck G.A., Groman N.B. Physical mapping of β-converting and γ-nonconverting corynebacteriophage genomes. J Bacteriol. 148:1981;131-142.
30. Michel J.L., Rappouli R., Murphy J.R., Pappenheimer A.M. Jr. Restriction endonuclease map of the nontoxigenic corynephage γc and its relationship to the toxigenic corynephage βc. J Virol. 42:1982;510-518.
31. Laird W., Groman N. Isolation and characterization oftox. J Virol. 19:1976;220-227.
32. Uchida T., Pappenheimer A.M. Jr., Greany R. Diphtheria toxin and related proteins. I. Isolation and properties of mutant proteins serologically related to diphtheria toxin. J Biol Chem. 248:1973;3838-3844.
33. Buck G.A., Cross R.E., Wong T.P., Loera J., Groman N. DNA relationships among sometox. Infect Immun. 49:1985;679-684.
34. Buck G.A., Groman N.B. Genetic elements novel forCorynebacterium diphtheriae. J Bacteriol. 148:1981;143-152.
35. Chen, RT, Broome, CV, Weinstein, RA, Weaver, R, Tsai, TF, Diphtheria in the United States, 1971-81, Am J Pub Health, 18-75, 1393, 7.
36. -corynebacteriophages. J Virol. 5:1970;783-794.
37. tox-. . J Virol. 54:1985;194-198.
38. Hall B.G., Yokayama S., Calhoun D. Role of cryptic genes in microbial evolution. Mol Biol Evol. 1:1983;109-124.
39. Li W.H. Retention of cryptic genes in microbial populations. Mol Biol Evol. 1:1984;213-219.
40. Laird W., Groman N. Prophage map of convertingcorynebacteriophage beta. J Virol. 19:1976;209-219.
41. Groman N., Laird W. Bacteriophage production by doubly lysogenicCorynebacterium diphtheriae. J Virol. 23:1977;592-598.
42. Burnette W.N. "Western blotting": electrophoretic transfer of proteins from sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gels to unmodified nitrocellulose and radiographic detection with antibody and radioiodinated protein A. Anal Biochem. 112:1981;195-203.
43. Markwell M.A.K., Haas S.M., Bieber L.L., Tolbert N.E. A modification of the Lowry procedure to simplify protein determination in membrane and lipoprotein samples. Anal Biochem. 87:1978;202-210.
44. Chung D.W., Collier R.J. Enzymatically active peptide from the adenosine diphosphate-ribosylating toxin ofPseudomona aeruginosa. Infect Immun. 16:1077;832-841.