ABSTRACT: We investigated the virulence and pathogenic related gene expression by performing the transcriptomics analysis of B. thuringiensis serovar kurstaki strain YBT-1520 over a time course, using CombiMatrix (microarray) technique.
Project description:Comparison in late exponential phase (culture OD600 = 3) of global expression profiles from a Bacillus thuringiensis 407 strain overexpressing transcriptional regulator MogR from xylose inducible vector pHT304-Pxyl, versus an isogenic empty vector control strain, to analyze global expression changes resulting from MogR overexpression
Project description:Genomic DNA prepared from B. subtilis 168 cells grown to stationary phase was hybridized to tiling arrays. The data are used in transcriptome studies to compute expression intensities from raw intensity data using a model of shift and drift and correcting for probe affinity variations as described in (Nicolas et al., 2009, Bioinformatics 25, 2341-2347). B. subtilis 168 was grown in LB medium to stationary phase. Genomic DNA was prepared from four independent cultures. After sonication, DNA was labeled with Cy3 and hybridized to tiling arrays.
Project description:Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola (Pph) is a significant bacterial pathogen of agricultural crops, and phage Φ6 and other members of the dsRNA virus family Cystoviridae undergo lytic (virulent) infection of Pph, using the type IV pilus as the initial site of cellular attachment. Despite the popularity of Pph/phage Φ6 as a model system in evolutionary biology, Pph resistance to phage Φ6 remains poorly characterized. To investigate differences between phage Φ6 resistant Pseudomonas syringae pathovar phaseolicola strains, we performed expression analysis of super and non piliated strains of Pseudomonas syringae to determine the genetic cause of resistance to viral infection.
Project description:This SuperSeries is composed of the following subset Series: GSE18424: The effect of stpA deletion on S. Typhimurium gene expression during growth in rich medium GSE18428: StpA prevents RpoS-dependent transcription during mid-exponential growth in S. Typhimurium GSE18450: Identification of StpA-binding sites on the Salmonella genome Refer to individual Series
Project description:To determine Sigma 54 (SigL) reglons in Bacillus thuringiensis HD73 strain, A sigLmutant, HD(M-NM-^TsigL::kan), was constructed with insertion of kanamycin resistance gene cassete. We have employed whole genome microarray expression profiling as a discovery platform to identify the difference of gene expression between mutant and wild-type strains. 2 ml samples were separately harvested from B. thuringiensis HD73 and HD(M-NM-^TsigL::kan) strains grown in SchaefferM-bM-^@M-^Ys sporulation medium (SSM) at stages T7 of stationary phase (7 hours after the end of the exponential phase). Three independent repeats were performed for each stain.
Project description:StpA is a paralogue of the nucleoid associated protein H-NS that is conserved in a range of enteric bacteria and had no known function in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium. Here, we show that 5% of the Salmonella genome is regulated by StpA, which contrasts with the situation in Escherichia coli where deletion of stpA only had minor effects on gene expression. The StpA-dependent genes of S. Typhimurium are a specific subset of the H-NS regulon that are predominantly under the positive control of sigma38 (RpoS), CRP-cAMP and PhoP. The regulatory role of StpA varied at different growth phases; StpA only controlled sigma38 levels at mid-exponential phase when it prevented inappropriate activation of sigma38 during rapid bacterial growth. In contrast, StpA only activated the CRP-cAMP regulon during late exponential phase. The effect of stpA deletion on S. Typhimurium gene expression during growth in LB was analysed at 4 different time points (early-log, mid-log, late-log, and stationary phase) where the gene expression profile of the stpA-deletion strain was compared to that of the parental strain. Between two and three biological replicates were performed for each strain and time point. For this study, we used Salmonella genomic DNA as the comparator which also acted as the control for spot quality.
Project description:Comparison of global expression profiles from a Bacillus thuringiensis 407 strain overexpressing the diguanylate cyclase CdgF (BTB_c06420) from the xylose inducible vector pHT304-Pxyl, versus an isogenic empty vector control strain, to analyze global expression changes resulting from CdgF overexpression
Project description:Sinorhizobium meliloti can live as a soil saprophyte, and can engage in a nitrogen fixing symbiosis with plant roots. To succeed in such diverse environments, the bacteria must continually adjust gene expression. Transcriptional plasticity in eubacteria is often mediated by alternative sigma factors interacting with core RNA polymerase. The S. meliloti genome encodes 14 of these alternative sigmas, including two putative RpoH (heat shock) sigmas. We used custom Affymetrix Symbiosis Chips to characterize the global transcriptional response of S. meliloti rpoH1, rpoH2 and rpoH1 rpoH2 mutants during heat shock and stationary phase growth. Under these conditions, expression of over 300 genes is dependent on rpoH1 and rpoH2. Gene expression profiling of Sinorhizobium meliloti Rm1021 and its isogenic rpoH1, rpoH2, and rpoH1rpoH2 mutants, subjected to heat shock or stationary phase growth, was performed using custom Affymetrix GeneChips
Project description:Transcriptional profiling of log and stationary phase S. Typhimurium, comparing untreated controls with Deoxynivalenol treated samples. Each array used labelled cDNA against a common genomic DNA reference. Triplicate arrays were carried out for each of the 4 conditions: untreated log phase, untreated stationary phase, DON treated log phase and DON treated stationary phase
Project description:Transcriptional profiling of log and stationary phases of S. Typhimurium, comparing wild type with the ∆scsA strain. Each array used labelled cDNA against a common genomic DNA reference. Triplicate arrays were carried out for each of the 4 conditions: wild type log phase, wild type stationary phase, ∆scsA log phase and ∆scsA stationary phase.