Differential gliding motility responses of Chryseobacterium sp. strain PMSZPI isolated from uranium ore deposit on hard and soft substrates.

ABSTRACT: The Bacteroidota bacterium, Chryseobacterium sp. strain PMSZPI isolated from sub-surface soil of uranium ore deposit was shown to move on solid surfaces via gliding motility resulting in the formation of thin spreading colonies. In this study, we attempted to understand the influence of the surfaces, soft or hard/rigid, on the motility behaviour of PMSZPI cells. The computational tool T9GPred in combination with LC-MS/MS analysis established the presence of orthologs of vital gliding motility proteins in PMSZPI. We analyzed the single cell or population motility phenotypes of PMSZPI under spreading and non-spreading conditions. A low percentage of agar or soft agar (0.35 %) with low nutrient levels induced more active gliding motility in individual cells leading to increased

SUBMITTER: Yermunja L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11613158 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature