RNA-Seq reveals changes in the Staphylococcus aureus transcriptome following blue light illumination.

ABSTRACT: In an effort to better understand the mechanism by which blue light inhibits the growth of Staphylococcus aureus in culture, a whole transcriptome analysis of S. aureus isolate BUSA2288 was performed using RNA-Seq to analyze the differential gene expression in response to blue light exposure. RNA was extracted from S. aureus cultures pooled from 24 1 ml well samples that were each illuminated with a dose of 250 J/cm(2) of 465 nm blue light and from control cultures grown in the dark. Complementary DNA libraries were generated from enriched mRNA samples and sequenced using the Illumina MiSeq Next Generation Sequencer. Here we report one type of analysis that identified 32 candidate genes for further investigation. Blue light has been shown to be bactericidal against S. aureus and is a poten

SUBMITTER: Adair TL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4906118 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature