Efficiency of induction of Shiga-toxin lambdoid prophages in Escherichia coli due to oxidative and antibiotic stress depends on the combination of prophage and the bacterial strain

In the study presented here, we tested, how large a fraction of lysogenic culture was undergoing filamentation, which could indicate triggering of the SOS response or SOS-independent prophage induction that is also known to cause cell filamentation. Here, antibiotic stress was triggered by adding mitomycin C and oxidative stress was induced by hydrogen peroxide. Observation of bacterial cells under an optical microscope revealed more filamenting cells for lysogenic Escherichia coli than for strains not carrying a prophage. Moreover, the amount of filamenting cells depended not only on the stress agents used and the type of the prophage, but also on the host. During induction of the 933W prophage, the resulting phage titer and the amount of elongating cells were different when using E. coli O157:H7 EDL933 clinical isolate and the E. coli MG1655 laboratory strain. The amount of filamenting cells correlates well with the observed phage titers.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:61

Enthalten in:

Journal of applied genetics - 61(2020), 1 vom: 05. Feb., Seite 131-140

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Filipiak, Michalina [VerfasserIn]
Łoś, Joanna M [VerfasserIn]
Łoś, Marcin [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

75757-64-1
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Antibiotic stress
Journal Article
Oxidative stress
Prophage
Prophage induction
SOS response
Shiga Toxin
Shiga toxin

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 08.06.2020

Date Revised 08.06.2020

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s13353-019-00525-8

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM304097179