Novel effects of a transposon insertion in the Vibrio fischeri glnD gene: Defects in iron uptake and symbiotic persistence in addition to nitrogen utilization

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 168-179

  Graf, J ^a,b   Ruby, E G ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON; NITROGEN; SIDEROPHORE;

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLAGELLUM; GENE CONTROL; GENE INSERTION; GROWTH; IRON TRANSPORT; MORPHOLOGY; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORGAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SQUID; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSPOSON; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

ANIMALS; CARBON; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DECAPODIFORMES; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; IRON; NITROGEN; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; PHENOTYPE; SIDEROPHORES; SYMBIOSIS; VIBRIO;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CEPHALOPODA; EUPRYMNA SCOLOPES; HAWAIIA; NEGIBACTERIA; PHOTOBACTERIUM; PROKARYOTA; SCOLOPES; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 0033909896     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.01984.x     Document Type: Review

References (61)

1. Ault-Riche, D., Fraley, C.D., Tzeng, C.M., and Kornberg, A. (1998) Novel assay reveals multiple pathways regulating stress-induced accumulations of inorganic polyphosphate in Escherichia coli. J Bacteriol 180: 1841-1847.
2. Ausubel, F.M., Brent, R., Kingston, R.E., Moore, D.D., Seidman, J.G., Smith, J.A., et al. (1987). Current Protocols in Molecular Biology. New York: Greene Publishing Associates and Wiley-Interscience.
3. Bloom, F.R., Levin, M.S., Foor, F., and Tyler, B. (1978) Regulation of glutamine synthetase formation in Escherichia coli: characterization of mutants lacking the uridylyltransferase. J Bacteriol 134: 569-577.
4. Boettcher, K.J., and Ruby, E.G. (1990) Depressed light emission by symbiotic Vibrio fischeri of the sepiolid squid Euprymna scolopes. J Bacteriol 172: 3701-3706.
5. Boettcher, K.J., Ruby, E.G., and McFall-Ngai, M.J. (1996) Bioluminescence in the symbiotic squid Euprymna scolopes is controlled by a daily biological rhythm. J Comp Physiol 179: 65-73.
6. Braun, V., and Killman, H. (1999) Bacterial solutions to the iron supply problem. Trends Biochem Sci 24: 104-109.
7. Breznak, J.A., and Brune, A. (1994) Role of microorganisms in the digestion of lignocellulose by termites. Annu Rev Entomol 39: 453-487.
8. Crosa, J.H. (1997) Signal transduction and transcriptional and posttranscriptional control of iron-regulated genes in bacteria. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 61: 319-336.
9. de Lorenzo, V., and Timmis, K.N. (1994) Analysis and construction of stable phenotypes in Gram-negative bacteria with Tn5-and Tn10-derived minitransposons. In Bacterial Pathogenesis. Clark, V.L., and Bavoil, P.M. (eds). San Diego: Academic Press, pp. 386-405.
10. Doino, J.A., and McFall-Ngai, M.J. (1995) A transient exposure to symbiosis-competent bacteria induces light organ morphogenesis in the host squid. Biol Bull 189: 347-355.
11. Flint, H.J. (1997) The rumen microbial ecosystem - some recent developments. Trends Microbiol 5: 483-488.
12. Foster, J.S., and McFall-Ngai, M.J. (1998) Induction of apoptosis by cooperative bacteria in the morphogenesis of host epithelial tissues. Dev Genes Evol 208: 295-303.
13. Graf, J., and Ruby, E.G. (1998) Host-derived amino acids support the proliferation of symbiotic bacteria. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 95: 1818-1822.
14. Graf, J., Dunlap, P.V., and Ruby, E.G. (1994) Effect of transposon-induced motility mutations on colonization of the host light organ by Vibrio fischeri. J Bacteriol 176: 6986-6991.
15. Grossman, M.J., Hinton, S.M., Minak-Bernero, V., Slaughter, C., and Stiefel, E.I. (1992) Unification of the ferritin family of proteins. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 89: 2419-2423.
16. Handelsman, J., and Stabb, E.V. (1996) Biocontrol of soilborne plant pathogens. Plant Cell 8: 1855-1869.
17. Haygood, M.G., and Holt, P.D. (1993) Aerobactin production by a planktonic marine Vibrio sp. Limnol Oceanogr 38: 1091-1097.
18. Henderson, D.P., and Payne, S.M. (1994) Vibrio cholerae iron transport systems: roles of heme and siderophore iron transport in virulence and identification of a gene associated with multiple iron transport systems. Infect Immun 62: 5120-5125.
19. Hentges, D.J. (1993) The anaerobic microflora of the human body. Clin Infect Dis 16: S175-S180.
20. Hooper, L.V., Bry, L., Falk, P.G., and Gordon, J.I. (1998) Host-microbial symbiosis in the mammalian intestine: exploring an internal ecosystem. Bioessays 20: 336-343.
21. Kennedy, C., Doetsch, N., Meletzus, D., Partiarca, E., Amar, M., and Iaccarino, M. (1994) Ammonium sensing in nitrogen-fixing bacteria: function of the glnB and glnD gene products. Plant Soil 161: 43-57.
22. Kustu, S.G., McFarland, N.C., Hui, S.P., Esmon, B., and Ames, G.F.-L. (1979) Nitrogen control in Salmonella typhimurium: co-regulation of synthesis of glutamine synthetase and amino acid transport systems. J Bacteriol 138: 218-234.
23. Lee, K.H., and Ruby, E.G. (1994a) Effect of the squid host on the abundance and distribution of symbiotic Vibrio fischeri in nature. Appl Environ Microbiol 60: 1565-1571.
24. Lee, K.H., and Ruby, E.G. (1994b) Competition between Vibrio fischeri strains during initiation and maintenance of a light organ symbiosis. J Bacteriol 176: 1985-1991.
25. Levisohn, R., Moreland, J., and Nealson, K.H. (1987) Isolation and characterization of a generalized transducing phage for the marine luminous bacterium Vibrio fischeri MJ-1. J Gen Microbiol 133: 1577-1582.
26. Litwin, C.M., and Calderwood, S.B. (1994) Analysis of the complexity of gene regulation by Fur in Vibrio cholerae. J Bacteriol 176: 240-248.
27. McFall-Ngai, M.J. (1998) The development of cooperative associations between animals and bacteria: establishing detente among domains. Am Zool 38: 593-608.
28. McFall-Ngai, M.J., and Ruby, E.G. (1991) Symbiont recognition and subsequent morphogenesis as early events in an animal-bacterial mutualism. Science 254: 1491-1494.
29. McFall-Ngai, M.J., and Ruby, E.G. (1998) Sepiolids and vibrios: when first they meet. Bioscience 48: 257-265.
30. Madan, A.P., and Nierzwicki-Bauer, S.A. (1993) In situ detection of transcripts for ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase in cyanobacterial heterocysts. J Bacteriol 175: 7301-7306.
31. Magasanik, B. (1996) Regulation of nitrogen assimilation. In Escherichia coli and Salmonella: Cellular and Molecular Biology. Neidhardt, F.C., Curtiss, R., III, Ingraham, J.L., Lin, E.C.C., Low, K.B., Magasanik, B., et al. (eds). Washington, DC: American Society for Microbiology Press, pp. 1344-1356.
32. Mekalanos, J.J. (1992) Environmental signals controlling the expression of virulence determinants in bacteria. J Bacteriol 174: 1-7.
33. Meeks, J.C. (1998) Symbiosis between nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria and plants. Bioscience 48: 266-276.
34. Minette, H.P. (1984) Epidemiologic aspects of salmonellosis in reptiles, amphibians, mollusks and crustaceans - a review. Int J Zoonoses 11: 95-104.
35. Moeck, G.S., and Coulton, J.W. (1998) TonB-dependent iron acquisition: mechanisms of siderophore-mediated active transport. Mol Microbiol 28: 675-681.
36. Murakami, K., Fuse, H., Takimura, O., Kamimura, K., and Yamaoka, Y. (1998) Phylogenetic analysis of marine environmental strains of Vibrio that produce aerobactin. J Mar Biotech 6: 76-79.
37. Nealson, K.H. (1978) Isolation, identification, and manipulation of luminous bacteria. Methods Enzymol 57: 153-166.
38. Neidhardt, F.C., Savageau, M.A. (1996) Regulation beyond the operon. In Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium: Cellular and Molecular Biology. Neidhardt, F.C., Curtiss, R., III, Ingraham, J.L., Lin, E.C.C., Low, K.B., Magasanik, B., et al. (eds). Washington, DC: American Society for Microbiology Press, pp. 1310-1324.
39. Neilands, J.B. (1994) Identification and isolation of mutants defective in iron acquisition. Methods Enzymol 235: 352-356.
40. Ochman, H., and Wilson, A.C. (1987) Evolutionary history of enteric bacteria. In Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium: Cellular and Molecular Biology. Neidhardt, F.C., Curtiss, R., III, Ingraham, J.L., Lin, E.C.C., Low, K.B., Magasanik, B., et al. (eds). Washington, DC: American Society for Microbiology Press, pp. 1649-1654.
41. O'Connell, K.P., Raffel, S.J., Saville, B.J., and Handelsman, J. (1998) Mutants of Rhizobium tropici strain CIAT899 that do not induce chlorosis in plants. Microbiology 144: 2607-2617.
42. O'Toole, R., Milton, D.L., and Wolf-Watz, H. (1996) Chemotactic motility is required for invasion of the host by the fish pathogen Vibrio anguillarum. Mol Microbiol 19: 625-637.
43. O'Toole, R., Milton, D.L., Horstedt, P., and Wolf-Watz, H. (1997) RpoN of the fish pathogen Vibrio (Listonella) anguillarum is essential for flagellum production and virulence by the water-borne but not intraperitoneal route of inoculation. Microbiology 143: 3849-3859.
44. Powell, B.S., and Court, D.L. (1998) Control of ftsZ expression, cell division, and glutamine metabolism in Luria-Bertani medium by the alarmone ppGpp in Escherichia coli. J Bacteriol 180: 1053-1062.
45. Rae, J.L., Cutfield, J.F., and Lamont, I.L. (1997) Sequences and expression of pyruvate dehydrogenase genes from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. J Bacteriol 179: 3561-3571.
46. Reitzer, L.J., and Magasanik, B. (1987) Ammonium assimilation and the biosynthesis of glutamine, glutamate, aspartate, asparagine, L-alanine and D-alanine. In Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium: Cellular and Molecular Biology. Neidhardt, F.C., Curtiss, R., III, Ingraham, J.L., Lin, E.C.C., Low, K.B., Magasanik, B., et al. (eds). Washington, DC: American Society for Microbiology Press, pp. 302-320.
47. Ruby, E.G. (1996) Lessons from a cooperative, bacterial-animal association: the Vibrio fischeri-Euprymna scolopes light organ symbiosis. Annu Rev Microbiol 50: 591-624.
48. Ruby, E.G., and Asato, L.A. (1993) Growth and flagellation of Vibrio fischeri during initiation of the sepiolid squid light organ symbiosis. Arch Microbiol 159: 160-167.
49. Sambrook, J., Fritsch, E.F., and Maniatis, T. (1989) Molecular Cloning. A Laboratory Manual, 2nd edn. Cold Spring Harbor, NY: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press.
50. Singer, J.T., Schmidt, K.A., and Reno, P.W. (1991) Polypeptides p40, pOM2, and pAngR are required for iron uptake and for virulence of the marine fish pathogen Vibrio anguillarum 775. J Bacteriol 193: 1347-1352.
51. Small, A.L., and McFall-Ngai, M.J. (1999) Halide peroxidase in tissues that interact with bacteria in the host squid Euprymna scolopes. J Cell Biochem 72: 445-457.
52. Trick, C.G. (1989) Hydroxamate-siderophore production and utilization by marine eubacteria. Curr Microbiol 18: 375-378.
53. van Heeswijk, W.C., Rabenberg, M., Westerhoff, H.V., and Kahn, D. (1993) The genes of the glutamine synthetase adenylation cascade are not regulated by nitrogen in Escherichia coli. Mol Microbiol 9: 443-457.
54. Visick, K.G., and Ruby, E.G. (1996) Construction and symbiotic competence of a luxA-deletion mutant of Vibrio fischeri. Gene 175: 89-94.
55. Visick, K.L., and Ruby, E.G. (1997) New genetic tools for use in the marine bioluminescence bacterium Vibrio fischeri. In Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence. Kricka, L.J., and Stanley, P.E. (eds). New York: Wiley and Sons, pp. 119-122.
56. Visick, K.L., and Ruby, E.G. (1998) The periplasmic, group III catalase of Vibrio fischeri is required for normal symbiotic competence and is induced both by oxidative stress and by approach to stationary phase. J Bacteriol 180: 2087-2092.
57. Wei, S.L., and Young, R.E. (1989) Development of symbiotic bacterial luminescence in a nearshore cephalopod, Euprymna scolopes. Mar Biol 103: 541-546.
58. Weis, V.M., Small, A.L., and McFall-Ngai, M.J. (1996) A peroxidase related to the mammalian antimicrobial protein myeloperoxidase in the Euprymna-Vibrio mutualism. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 93: 13683-13688.
59. Whittaker, C.J., Klier, C.M., and Kolenbrander, P.E. (1996) Mechanisms of adhesion by oral bacteria. Annu Rev Microbiol 50: 513-552.
60. Wooldridge, K.G., and Williams, P.H. (1993) Iron uptake mechanisms of pathogenic bacteria. FEMS Microbiol Rev 12: 325-348.
61. Wyckoff, E.E., Valle, A.-M., Smith, S.L., and Payne, S.M. (1999) A multifunctional ATP-binding cassette transporter system from Vibrio cholerae transports vibriobactin and enterobactin. J Bacteriol 181: 7588-7596.