Comparative Analysis of Cellulophaga algicola and Flavobacterium johnsoniae Gliding Motility.

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Gliding motility is common in members of the phylum Bacteroidetes, including Flavobacterium johnsoniae and Cellulophaga algicola. F. johnsoniae gliding has been extensively studied and involves rapid movement of the cell surface adhesin SprB. Genetic analysis of C. algicola allowed a comparative analysis of gliding. Sixty-three HimarEm1-induced mutants that formed nonspreading colonies were characterized. Each had an insertion in an ortholog of an F. johnsoniae motility gene, highlighting similarities between the motility systems. Differences were also observed. C. algicola lacks orthologs of the F. johnsoniae motility genes gldA, gldF, and gldG that are thought to encode the components of an ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter. In addition, mutations in any of 12 F.

SUBMITTER: Zhu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4886757 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature