Vibrio fischeri sigma54 controls motility, biofilm formation, luminescence, and colonization.

ABSTRACT: In this study, we demonstrated that the putative Vibrio fischeri rpoN gene, which encodes sigma(54), controls flagellar biogenesis, biofilm development, and bioluminescence. We also show that rpoN plays a requisite role initiating the symbiotic association of V. fischeri with juveniles of the squid Euprymna scolopes.

SUBMITTER: Wolfe AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC383144 | biostudies-literature | 2004 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature