Alkaline stress response in Enterococcus faecalis: Adaptation, cross- protection, and changes in protein synthesis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 812-814

  Flahaut, Sigrid ^a   Hartke, Axel ^a   Giard, Jean Christophe ^a   Auffray, Yanick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADAPTATION; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; STRESS;

EID: 0030944438     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.2.812-814.1997     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Aono, R., M. Ito, K. N. Joblin, and K. Horikoshi. 1995. A high cell wall negative charge is necessary for the growth of the alkaliphile Bacillus lentus C-125 at elevated pH. Microbiology 141:2955-2964.
2. Bingham, R. J., K. S. Hall, and J. L. Slonczewski. 1990. Alkaline induction of a novel gene locus, alx, in Escherichia coli. J. Bacteriol. 172:2184-2186.
3. Flahaut, S., J. Frere, P. Boutibonnes, and Y. Auffray. 1996. Comparison of the bile salts and sodium dodecyl sulfate stress responses in Enterococcus faecalis. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 62:2416-2420.
4. Flahaut, S., A. Hartke, A. Benachour, J.-C. Giard, P. Boutibonnes, and Y. Auffray. 1996. Relationship between stress response towards bile salts, acid and heat treatment in Enterococcus faecalis. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 138:49-55.
5. Foster, J. W., and Z. Aliabadi. 1989. pH-regulated gene expression in Salmonella: genetic analysis of aniG and cloning of the earA regulator. Mol. Microbiol. 3:1605-1615.
6. Goodson, M., and R. J. Rowbury. 1990. Habituation to alkali and increased UV-resistance in DNA repair-proficient and -deficient strains of Escherichia coli grown at pH 9.0. Lett. Appl. Microbiol. 11:123-125.
7. Hartke, A., S. Bouché, J.-C. Giard, A. Benachour, P. Boutibonnes, and Y. Auffray. 1996. The lactic acid response of Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis. Curr. Microbiol. 33:194-199.
8. Humphrey, T. J., N. P. Richardson, A. H. L. Gawler, and M. J. Allen. 1991. Heat resistance of Salmonella enteritidis PT4: the influence of prior exposure to alkaline conditions. Lett. Appl. Microbiol. 12:258-260.
9. +-ATPase of Streptococcus faecalis at alkaline pH. FEBS Lett. 261:135-138.
10. Karem, K. L., J. W. Foster, and A. K. Bej. 1994. Adaptative acid tolerance response (ATR) in Aeromonas hydrophila. Microbiology 140:1731-1736.
11. Kuroda, M., T. Ohta, and H. Hayashi. 1995. Isolation and the gene cloning of an alkaline shock protein in methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 207:978-984.
12. Mugikura, S., M. Nishikawa, K. Igarashi, and H. Kobayashi. 1990. Maintenance of a neutral cytoplasmic pH is not obligatory for growth of Escherichia coli and Streptococcus faecalis at alkaline pH. J. Biochem. 108:86-91.
13. Padan, E., and S. Schuldiner. 1987. Intracellular pH and membrane potential as regulators in the prokaryotic cells. J. Membr. Biol. 95:189-198.
14. Raja, N., M. Goodson, W. C. M. Chui, D. G. Smith, and R. J. Rowbury. 1991. Habituation to acid in Escherichia coli: conditions for habituation and its effects on plasmid transfer. J. Appl. Bacteriol. 70:59-65.
15. Rowbury, R. J., and N. H. Hussain. 1996. Exposure of Escherichia coli to acid habituation conditions sensitizes it to alkaline stress. Lett. Appl. Microbiol. 22:57-61.
16. Rowbury, R. J., M. Goodson, and T. J. Humphrey. 1993. Novel acid sensitivity induced in Escherichia coli at alkaline pH. Lett. Appl. Microbiol. 16:223-227.
17. Rowbury, R. J., Z. Lazim, and M. Goodson. 1996 Regulatory aspects of alkali tolerance induction in Escherichia coli. Lett. Appl. Microbiol. 22:429-432.
18. Schuldiner, S., V. Agmon, J. Brandsma, A. Cohen, E. Friedman, and E. Padan. 1986. Induction of SOS functions by alkaline intracellular pH in Escherichia coli. J. Bacteriol. 168:936-939.
19. Sherman, J. M., and P. Stark. 1934. The differentiation of Streptococcus lactis from Streptococcus faecalis. J. Dairy Sci. 17:525-526.
20. Taglicht, D., E. Padan, A. B. Oppenheim, and S. Schuldiner. 1987. An alkaline shift induces the heat shock response in Escherichia coli. J. Bacteriol. 169:885-887.
21. Zilberstein, D., V. Agmon, S. Schuldiner, and E. Padan. 1984. Escherichia coli intracellular pH, membrane potential, and cell growth. J. Bacteriol. 158: 246-252.