Project description:Here, we investigated the impact of Stx2 phage carriage on Escherichia coli (E. coli) K-12 MG1655 host gene expression. Using quantitative RNA-seq analysis, we compared the transcriptome of naïve MG1655 and the lysogens carrying the Stx2 phage of the 2011 E. coli O104:H4 outbreak strain or of the E. coli O157:H7 strain PA8, which share high degree of sequence similarity.
Project description:Global alterations in trimethoprim (TMP) resistant E. coli are unknown. TMP resistant E. coli have been developed in the laboratory over a period of 48 hours by step-wise increase in TMP concentration and gene expression profiles have been obtained to identify genome wide perturbations in trimethoprim resistance. Biological duplicates of wild-type E. coli MG1655, E. coli resistant to 2 ug/ ml TMP (4xR) and E. coli resistant to 16 ug/ml TMP (32xR) were analyzed.
Project description:E. coli isolates from different CF patients demonstrate increased growth rate when grown with glycerol, a major component of fecal fat, as the sole carbon source compared to E. coli from healthy controls. CF and control E. coli isolates have differential gene expression when grown in minimal media with glycerol as the sole carbon source. While CF isolates display a growth promoting transcriptional profile, control isolates engage stress and stationary phase programs, which likely results in slower growth rates.
