Project description:The aim of the study was to carry out a CGH study utilizing a set of 39 diverse Bacillus isolates. Thirty four B. cereus and five B. anthracis strains and isolates were chosen so as to represent different lineages based on previous characterizations, including MLEE and MLST (Helgason, Okstad et al. 2000; Helgason, Tourasse et al. 2004). They represent the spectrum of B. cereus phenotypic diversity by including soil, dairy and periodontal isolates in addition to virulent B. anthracis strains.
Project description:Comparative Genomic Hybridization. Analysis of genomic content of closely related Bacillus species. Refer to individual records for strain information. Refer to platform and individual sample records for experimental protocols. Keywords: other
Project description:In this study two genome-reduced Bacillus subtilis strains lacking about 36% of dispensable genetic information were constructed using a markerless and scarless deletion method. In order to analyze the consequences of the deletions for the bacteria, a multi-omics characterization of the reference strain Δ6 (Westers et al., 2003; PMID 12949151) and the two deletion strains was carried out. Bacteria were cultivated in complex medium supplemented with glucose, and samples of the same cultures were subjected to metabolome, proteome, and transcriptome analyses.These revealed a massive re-organization of metabolism as well as substantial changes in the transcriptome and the proteome.
Project description:This series represents the work described in the publication Bacillus subtilis Genome Diversity by Earl et al. (Journal of Bacteriology, accepted) Keywords: comparative genomic hybridization
Project description:With these experiments we investigate the impact of the deletion of the ydcH gene on the transcriptomes of Bacillus subtilis strains ABS2005.
Project description:AtxA, the master virulence regulator of Bacillus anthracis, regulates the expression of three toxins that are required for the pathogenicity of Bacillus anthracis. Recent transcriptome analyses also showed that AtxA affects a large number of genes on both chromosome and plasmid, suggesting its role as a global regulator. Its mechanism of gene regulation nor binding target in vivo was, however, not well understood. In this work, we conducted ChIP-seq for cataloging binding sites of AtxA in vivo and Cappable-seq for catalogging the transcription start sites on the B. anthracis genome. For detected regulons, single knockout strains were constructed and RNA-seq was conducted for each strain.
Project description:The transcriptional factor Zur plays a key role in regulating zinc homeostasis in Bacillus subtilis. The genomic sites bound by Zur were mapped using a chromatine immunoprecipitation approach. This allowed the identification of 80 inter- and intragenic chromosomal sites bound by Zur.
Project description:Comparative Genomic Hybridization. Analysis of genomic content of closely related Bacillus species. Refer to individual records for strain information. Refer to platform and individual sample records for experimental protocols.
Project description:Comparing the transcriptional responses of Bacillus subtilis strains WN624 and WN1106 at 5 kPa and 101 kPa. WN1106 is a 5 kPa-evolved strain with increased fitness compared to ancestor-WN624 strain at 5 kPa. This experiment probed the difference in response when the strains are grown at 5 kPa.
