The mutualistic association between the squid Euprymna scolopes and the bacterium Vibrio fischeri is an emerging experimental system for the study of the influence of bacteria on animal development. Taking advantage of the ability to raise both this host and its microbial partner independently under laboratory conditions, we describe the effects of bacterial interactions on morphogenesis of the juvenile host symbiotic organ. Our results show that bacteria are essential for normal postembryonic development of the symbiotic organ, which involves changes in both the surface epithelium and the epithelial tissue within the organ where the bacterial culture will take up residence. Cell death induced by exposure to symbiotic V. fischeri results in the regression of a complex ciliated surface epithelium, a tissue that apparently functions to facilitate inoculation of the juvenile organ with the appropriate specific bacterial species. Regression of this tissue begins within hours of exposure to ...

Effects of Vibrio fischeri colonization on cognition, foraging behavior, and survival in the Hawaiian bobtail squid Conference Paper ...

Domain combinations containing the D-ribose-5-phosphate isomerase (RpiA), lid domain superfamily in Vibrio fischeri ES114. Domain architectures illustrate each occurrence of the D-ribose-5-phosphate isomerase (RpiA), lid domain superfamily.

Domain architecture and assignment details (superfamily, family, region, evalue) for gi|59711463|ref|YP_204239.1| from Vibrio fischeri ES114. Plus protein sequence and external database links.

Euprymna scolopes, a Hawaiian species of bioluminescent squid, harbors Vibrio fischeri as its specific light organ symbiont. The population of symbionts grew inside the adult light organ with an average doubling time of about 5 h, which produced an excess of cells that were expelled into the surrounding seawater on a diurnal basis at the beginning of each period of daylight. These symbionts, when expelled into the ambient seawater, maintain or slightly increase their numbers for at least 24 h. Hence, locations inhabited by their hosts periodically receive a daily input of symbiotic V. fischeri cells and, as a result, become significantly enriched with these bacteria. As estimated by hybridization with a species-specific luxA gene probe, the typical number of V. fischeri CFU, both in the water column and in the sediments of E. scolopes habitats, was as much as 24 to 30 times that in similar locations where squids were not observed. In addition, the number of symbiotic V. fischeri CFU in seawater ...

Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of Vibrio fischeri, Gram-negative, motile, bioluminescent, curved rod-shaped bacterium (prokaryote). Vibrio fischeri is a bioluminescent bacterium that occurs in global ocean environments. V. fischeri is most often found in a symbiotic relationship with certain deep sea marine life, such as the bobtail squid, within special light-organs.. V. fischeri causes the squid to produce a mucus substance that is secreted below the light organ on the squid. Cilia are used to draw more bacteria into this mucus matrix. The bacteria migrate into the light organ and colonize an area within it. They provide a light source for the squid to make it blend in with the ocean floor at night. Thus predators have a hard time seeing the squid. V. fischeri is a key research organism for examination of microbial bioluminescence, quorum sensing, and bacterial-animal symbiosis. Magnification: x8,000 when shortest axis printed at 25 - Stock Image C032/1744

Courtesy of: http://dels-old.nas.edu/oceans/oceans_and_human_health_part_2.shtml Introduction: This blog examines the relationship between the Hawaiian Bobtail Squid and a bioluminescent bacterium. The Hawaiian Bobtail squid acquires an enhanced ability to capture prey and avoid predators, while the bacterium receives key nutrients from residing within the squid [2]. Distribution of this aquatic relationship is limited by the habitat of the squid (Hawaii). Several bioluminescent bacteria cycle through a single squid daily. Description of Relationship: The type of relationship observed between Euprymna scolope(Hawaiian Bobtail squid) and Vibrio fischeri(bioluminescent bacterium) is unique to organisms with specialized structures called light organs. These light organs are specialized structures that have evolved to allow the organisms that house them to create light. While the evolutionary reason for this structure is unknown, many individuals hypothesize that certain marine organisms form these ...

Description: In the Hawaiian bobtail squid (pictured), scientists have found that the same bacterial toxin that causes whooping cough and gonorrhea in humans is responsible for the development of an important organ. The finding, reported in the Nov. 12 Science magazine, suggests that the role of bacteria in their host organisms depends significantly on the biological context in which they are found. In one place, a bacterium may have a harmful role; in another, it may be critical for the animals survival. The corresponding author of the Science paper is Margaret McFall-Ngai, a UW-Madison professor of medical microbiology ...

Bobtail squid (order Sepiolida) are a group of cephalopods closely related to cuttlefish. Bobtail squid tend to have a rounder mantle than cuttlefish and have no cuttlebone. They have eight suckered arms and two tentacles and are generally quite small (typical male mantle length being between 1 and 8 cm). Sepiolids live in shallow coastal waters of the Pacific Ocean and some parts of the Indian Ocean and Atlantic Ocean as well as in shallow waters on the west coast of the Cape Peninsula off South Africa. Like cuttlefish, they can swim by either using the fins on their mantle or by jet propulsion. They are also known as dumpling squid (owing to their rounded mantle) or stubby squid. Bobtail squid have a symbiotic relationship with bioluminescent bacteria (Aliivibrio fischeri), which inhabit a special light organ in the squids mantle. The bacteria are fed a sugar and amino acid solution by the squid and in return hide the squids silhouette when viewed from below by matching the amount of light ...

Genetically altered or tagged Vibrio fischeri strains can be observed in association with their mutualistic host Euprymna scolopes, providing powerful experimental approaches for studying this symbiosis. Two limitations to such in situ analyses are the lack of suitably stable plasmids and the need for a fluorescent tag that can be used in tandem with green fluorescent protein (GFP). Vectors previously used in V. fischeri contain the p15A replication origin; however, we found that this replicon is not stable during growth in the host and is retained by fewer than 20% of symbionts within a day after infection. In contrast, derivatives of V. fischeri plasmid pES213 were retained by ∼99% of symbionts even 3 days after infection. We therefore constructed pES213-derived shuttle vectors with a variety of selectable and visual markers. To include a visual tag that can be used in conjunction with GFP, we compared seven variants of the DsRed2 red fluorescent protein (RFP): mRFP1, tdimer2(12), DsRed.T3, ...

Abstract Background Sequence closure often represents the end-point of a genome project, without a system in place for subsequent improvement and refinement. Building on the genome project of Vibrio fischeri ES114, we used a comparative approach to identify and investigate genes that had a high likelihood of sequence error. Results Comparison of the V. fischeri ES114 genome with that of conspecific strain MJ11 identified 82 target loci in ES114 as containing likely errors, and thus of high-priority for resequencing. Analysis of the targets identified 75 loci in which an error had occurred, resulting in the correction of 10,457 base pairs to generate the new ES114 genomic sequence. A majority of the inaccurate loci involved frameshift errors, correction of which fused adjacent ORFs. Although insertions/deletions are thought to be rare in microbial genome assemblies, fourteen of the loci contained extraneous sequence of over 300 bp, likely due to imperfect contig ends that were misassembled in ...

Tracheal cytotoxin (TCT) is a bacterial virulence factor in whooping cough (and other infections) that triggers leukocyte infiltration and strips airways of ciliated epithelium. However, not all host-bacterial encounters are negative. In the relationship between the glow-in-the dark squid Euprymna scolopes and its luminescent bacterial symbiont Vibrio fischeri, Koropatnick et al. have discovered that the same toxin plays a benign role. In this association, TCT still initiates apoptosis of ciliated cells and host cell infiltration. However, these cellular responses are triggered when juvenile squid first encounter V. fischeri and constitute a normal developmental stage in the generation of the specialized light organ that allows it to accommodate the incoming symbiont.. T. A. Koropatnick, J. T. Engle, M. A. Apicella, E. V. Stabb, W. E. Goldman, M. J. McFall-Ngai, Microbial factor-mediated development in a host-bacterial mutualism. Science 306, 1186-1188 (2004). [Abstract] [Full Text]. ...

Bioluminescent bacteria are light-producing bacteria that are predominantly present in sea water, marine sediments, the surface of decomposing fish and in the gut of marine animals. While not as common, bacterial bioluminescence is also found in terrestrial and freshwater bacteria. These bacteria may be free living (such as Vibrio harveyi) or in symbiosis with animals such as the Hawaiian Bobtail squid (Aliivibrio fischeri) or terrestrial nematodes (Photorhabdus luminescens). The host organisms provide these bacteria a safe home and sufficient nutrition. In exchange, the hosts use the light produced by the bacteria for camouflage, prey and/or mate attraction. Bioluminescent bacteria have evolved symbiotic relationships with other organisms in which both participants benefit close to equally. Another possible reason bacteria use luminescence reaction is for quorum sensing, an ability to regulate gene expression in response to bacterial cell density. Records of bioluminescent bacteria existed for ...

The developmental changes bobtail squid undergo when colonized by the bacteria are both dramatic and accessible for biologists to study. The bobtail squid, Euprymna scolopes, hatches as a fully formed squid. They have no larval stage. However, theres a vestige of the ciliated structures seen in other mollusks. (Cilia are like tiny hairs on the surface of individual cells.) These ciliated cells cover the surface of a pair of appendages in the undeveloped light organ (Koropatnick, 2014). After hatching, the bobtail squid has no association with any bacteria, and is not capable of luminescence. The light organ can only complete its development once it is colonized by a specific species of bacteria, Vibrio fischeri. Once V. fischeri is obtained from the surrounding seawater, the bacteria become suspended in mucus and migrate to the light organ. The cells smell their way! They follow a trail of chemical cues left by the squids cells (Koropatnick, 2014). Approximately 12 hours after hatching, the ...

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The relationship between the Hawaiian bobtail squid and the bioluminescent bacteria living in its light organ has been studied for decades as a model of symbiosis. Now researchers have used a powerful chemical analysis tool to identify a small molecule produced by the bacteria that appears to play an important role in their colonization of the light organ.. The study, published March 9 in the journal mBio, adds a new wrinkle to scientists understanding of the chemical signaling involved in this iconic symbiotic relationship. Its exciting that there are still new things to discover, even in such a well-studied system, said corresponding author Laura Sanchez, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry at UC Santa Cruz.. The Hawaiian bobtail squid is a small nocturnal squid, about the size of a thumb, that lives in shallow coastal waters, hiding in the sand during the day and coming out at night to hunt for small shrimp and other prey. The bioluminescent glow from its light organ is ...

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The relationship between the Hawaiian bobtail squid and the bacterium Vibrio fischeri is well chronicled, but writing in the current issue of the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, a group led by University of Wisconsin-Madison microbiologists Margaret McFall-Ngai, Edward Ruby and their colleagues adds a new wrinkle to the story.

Homologs of Toxin-Encoding Genes. Although V. fischeri is not known to be pathogenic, and strain ES114 is a beneficial symbiont, its genome carries homologs of Vibrio genes that may have toxin activity (Table 3, which is published as supporting information on the PNAS web site). As mentioned earlier, these include two CTX phage-encoded genes, zot (zona occludins toxin) and ace (accessory cholera enterotoxin), the latter of which has been found only in the V. cholerae and V. fischeri genome sequences. The proteins coded for by these genes have been shown to contribute to the structure of CTX phage (17), and their possible roles as toxins remain controversial (31, 32). At this time, it is not known whether the V. fischeri homologs of these two genes are expressed in this species, or whether they might play a role in this bacteriums symbiotic associations.. All sequenced Vibrio species carry genes encoding another putative toxin called RTX (repeats in structural toxins). RTX activity in V. ...

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The American Bobtail, a relative newcomer on the scene, is increasing in popularity due to its winning combination of wild appearance and friendly demeanour.. Among the few cat breeds that have originated in the United States, the American Bobtail did not receive recognition by the Cat Fanciers Association until February 2000.. American Bobtail History. The first known American Bobtail was Yodie, a stray with a stubby tail who was found by vacationers in the 1960s. Although his parentage is unknown, it was rumoured that he was a hybrid of a bobcat and a domestic cat due to his short tail and wild look. However, this is unlikely, as the males derived from such matings tend to be sterile, whereas Yodie was not. It is more likely that Yodies stumpy tail was the result of a spontaneous mutation.. Yodie was mated at first with a seal point Siamese female and the kittens were born with bobbed tails, which indicated that the bobtail gene was dominant. Yodie and his children were subsequently mated ...

Glowing bacteria inside squids use light and chemical signals to control circadian-like rhythms in the animals, according to a study to be published in mBio®. The Hawaiian bobtail squid, Euprymna ...

My current research focuses on analyzing DNA sequence determinants of gene expression in the bacteria Vibrio fischeri. Previous studies of the rrn genes in the bacterium Escherichia coli have laid a strong foundation for our understanding of gene expression. These genes have proven to be a successful model for studying transcription in E. coli; therefore I am investigating the rrn genes in other bacterial species to learn more about transcription regulation. Specifically, I use reporter gene constructs to analyze the factors involved in gene expression in V. fischeri. This work will further our understanding of the prokaryotic gene regulation. What we learn about transcription will help us to better understand the process of gene expression in general and how this process is regulated.. ...

A previously applied alanine-scanning mutagenesis that was performed with the E. coli csrA gene, used to examine the relative contribution each amino acid residue to CsrA protein function [20], provides an invaluable comparator to our spontaneous suppression screen. Our complementary screen differs in that all potential amino acid substitutions are possible, even the single native alanine residue that was not altered in the alanine scan. In our screen, an A36S substitution caused a 20-fold increase in luminescence and restored siderophore activity indicating the highly conserved A36, positioned into the hydrophobic core of the CsrA homodimer, could be critical to protein folding and 3- dimensional stability [20, 23]. Even the conservative substitution of this alanine with the non-polar and fairly compact valine (VCW2G2) altered CsrA function (Fig. 2). Also, only mutations that improve growth would likely improve fitness. Thus, mutations that map to non-conserved regions that do not contribute to ...

2019. ​. Kim, R.C., Le, D., Ma, K., Heath-Heckman, E.A.C., Whitehorn, N., Kristan, W.B., and Weisblat, D.A. 2019. Behavioral Analysis of Substrate Texture Preference in a Leech, Helobdella austinensis. J. Comp. Physiol A. 205(2):191-202. ​. 2018. ​. Kremer, N., Koch, E., El Filali, A., Zhou, L., Heath-Heckman, E.A.C., Ruby, E., and McFall-Ngai, M. 2018. Persistent interactions with bacterial symbionts directs mature host cell morphology and gene expression in the squid-vibrio symbiosis. mSystems. 3(5).. ​. 2017. ​. Nawroth, J.C., Guo, H., Koch, E., Heath-Heckman, E.A.C., Hermanson, J.C., Ruby, E.G., Dabiri, J.O., Kanso, E., and McFall-Ngai, M. 2017. Motile Cilia Create Fluid-Mechanical Microhabitats for the Active Recruitment of the Host Microbiome. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 114(36): 9510-9516.. ​. Peyer, S.M., Heath-Heckman, E.A.C., and McFall-Ngai, M.J. 2017. Characterization of the Cell Polarity Gene Crumbs During the Early Development and Maintenance of the Squid-Vibrio Light ...

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Vision in fishes and crustaceans is a fascinating and understudied area. In past decades, there were far more studies on the visual systems of sea-dwelling creatures, but with the push towards applied or translational research, the number of reports in these species have dropped off, much to our detriment as one never knows where the […]. ...

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Comment: We have now had ginny and cloud live with eddie and enzo for over a month. We have renamed cloud to belle. Ginny is a little bossy with enzo but they seem to be getting along better, they love their food. Eddie and belle are so sweet together and we call them the love birds. Eddie seems protective of little belle who is half his size. The two girls are gorgeous and have given our boys a new lease of life, neutering them and adopting from bobtails was the best decision. Just watching belle follow and copy eddie popcorning is the cutest thing, love hearing them talking again!! Thank you bobtails you do a fantastic job!!! Eddie and enzo say thanks for their new friends xxx ...

This activity explores the content presented in the animated video Natures Cutest Symbiosis: The Bobtail Squid, which describes how the light produced by bacteria living inside bobtail squid helps the squid avoid its predators.. ...

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Description. This car is in fully restored and race ready order having been maintained and prepared by Sid Holle Racing & Restorations UK . Full Uk issued RAC MSA FIA papers accompany the car making it eligible for some of the most prestigious history events. Such as ( BRDC 50s Spots Car Series ,The HGPCA Drum Brake Series , The Gentleman Drivers , Goodwood Revival ,Le Mans Classic and the VSCC. For work carried out to the Bobtail between 25th and 28th March 1999 a breif descrition of wich follows:- Remove bodywork and driveschaft,check and repair damage threads.Refit schaft& checkgear selection.Remove gearbox and completely strip in order to make necessary checks,inspection and repairs etc. Supplied and fitted new 3rd Gear. Free-off top hat bush on shaft splines, supplied and fitted new gear top hat bush and free-off bearing fit on schaft. Assemble shaft and check gear positions, check throw of selector forks etc. clean off welded selector rods, trim gears in order to obtain correct end float ...

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During the 1960s, the American bobtail cat originated in the United States when a female seal point Siamese cat bred with Yodi, an male brown tabby that had an …

FIG. 4. Diffusible signaling in bacteria-host associations. (A) Not only do bacteria recognize their own secreted signals (gray circles) to coordinate a response (black diamonds), but eukaryotic cells in the vicinity may also recognize these signals and produce a response. Some of the potential interactions are diagrammed. Various host cells may alter cytokine production (open triangles), mucus production (shaded gray), or other developmental events, such as apoptosis, in response to either the signal itself or the bacterial product of the signal transduction pathway. Hosts may also induce or constitutively synthesize signal-degrading enzymes. (B) Symbiotic Euprymna scolopes-V. fischeri interaction during light organ colonization. LuxA activity is dependent on AHL quorum sensing. The locations at which bacterial cell-cell signaling likely occurs are labeled as 1 and 2. Region 1 is the site of the initial attachment, or aggregation, by bacteria on the surface of the light organ. Region 2 is the ...

Numerical values found at purchase pravachol S4 pravachol 4 0mg tablet Data. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. Albertin CB, Simakov O, Mitros T, Wang ZY, Pungor JR, Edsinger-Gonzales E, et al. A had a significantly earlier swelling of the ArfA ribosome rescue factor.. BPI proteins and their relatives: Conservation over purchase pravachol evolution and roles in mutualism. The chemistry of negotiation: Rhythmic, glycan-driven acidification in a beneficial symbiosis. RIG-I indicates that symbiont SsrA and acts as a crucial trigger for downstream signaling cascades in the host cells.. Gabriela Aguirre and Susannah Lawhorn purchase pravachol contributed valuable technical help. A transient exposure to symbiosis-competent bacteria induces light organ by Vibrio fischeri. A) Localization of the expression of ssrA and smpB transcripts by weblink cells of WT V. To build pSMG3, we amplified two fragments: PCRa, approximately 900 bp upstream of smpB; and PCRb, approximately 800 bp downstream of smpB (S1 ...

Most mammals possess a tail, humans and the Great Apes being notable exceptions. One approach to understanding the mechanisms and evolutionary forces influencing development of a tail is to identify the genetic factors that influence extreme tail length variation within a species. In mice, the Tailless locus has proven to be complex, with evidence of multiple different genes and mutations with pleiotropic effects on tail length, fertility, embryogenesis, male transmission ratio, and meiotic recombination. Five cat breeds have abnormal tail length phenotypes: the American Bobtail, the Manx, the Pixie-Bob, the Kurilian Bobtail, and the Japanese Bobtail. We sequenced the T gene in several independent lineages of Manx cats from both the US and the Isle of Man and identified three 1-bp deletions and one duplication/deletion, each predicted to cause a frameshift that leads to premature termination and truncation of the carboxy terminal end of the Brachyury protein. Ninety-five percent of Manx cats ...

Members of the class Cephalopoda are gonochoric. Male and female adults usually die shortly after spawning and brooding, respectively. Mating behavior: Males perform various displays to attract potential females for copulation. During copulation, male grasp the female and inserts the hectocotylus into the females mantle cavity where fertilization usually occurs. Life cycle: Embryos hatch into planktonic stage and live for some time before they grow larger and take up a benthic existence as adults (Ref. 833). ...

Squid typically arent my thing, but I can certainly be wooed by their microbes. Example: the very awesome symbiotic relationship between the Hawaiian bobtail

Many recent studies rely on 16S rRNA-based sequencing approaches to analyze bacterial or archaeal communities found in soil and other environmental samples. While this approach is valuable for determining the relative abundances of different microbial taxa found in a given sample, it does not provide information on how the total abundances of targeted microbes differ across samples. Here we demonstrate how the simple addition of an internal standard at the DNA extraction step allows for the quantitative comparison of taxon abundances across samples. The reliability of this method was assessed in two ways. First, we spiked a dilution series of two different soils with internal standards to ascertain whether we could accurately quantify differences in cell abundances. We tested two different internal standards, adding DNA from Aliivibrio fischeri or Thermus thermophilus, bacterial taxa unlikely to be found in soil. Both standards allowed us to accurately quantify microbial abundances in soil as ...

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The enzymes for luminescence in Vibrio fischeri are induced by the accumulation of a species-specific metabolite (autoinducer) in the culture medium. Tritium-labeled autoinducer was used to study the mechanism of autoinduction. When 3H-autoinducer was added to suspensions of V. fischeri or Escherichia coli, cellular concentrations equaled external concentrations. For V. fischeri, equilibration of 3H-autoinducer was rapid (within 20 s), and greater than 90% of the cellular tritium remained in unmodified autoinducer. When V. fischeri or E. coli cells containing 3H-autoinducer were transferred to autoinducer-free buffer, 85 to 99.5% of the radiotracer escaped from the cells, depending on the strain. Concentrations of autoinducer as low as 10 nM, which is equivalent to 1 or 2 molecules per cell, were sufficient for induction, and the maximal response to autoinducer occurred at about 200 nM. If external autoinducer concentrations were decreased to below 10 nM after induction had commenced, the ...

Recombinant Epoxyqueuosine Reductase, Cobalamine-Stimulated, Queosine Biosynthesis (QUEG) Protein (His tag). Species: Vibrio fischeri. Source: Yeast. Order product ABIN1630401.

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TY - JOUR. T1 - Characterization of a recombinant aryl β-glucosidase from Neosartorya fischeri NRRL181. AU - Kalyani, Dayanand. AU - Lee, Kyoung-Mi. AU - Tiwari, Manish Kumar. AU - Ramachandran, Priyadharshini. AU - Kim, Hoon. AU - Kim, In-Won. AU - Jeya, Marimuthu. AU - Lee, Jung-Kul. PY - 2012. Y1 - 2012. N2 - An isolated gene from Neosartorya fischeri NRRL181 encoding a β-glucosidase (BGL) was cloned, and its nucleotide sequence was determined. DNA sequence analysis revealed an open reading frame of 1,467 bp, capable of encoding a polypeptide of 488 amino acid residues. The gene was over-expressed in Escherichia coli, and the protein was purified using nickel-nitrilotriacetic acid chromatography. The purified recombinant BGL showed a high level of catalytic activity, with V max of 886 μmol min−1 mg-protein−1 and a K m of 68 mM for p-nitrophenyl-β-d-glucopyranoside (pNPG). The optimal temperature for enzyme activity was about 40°C, and the optimal pH was about 6.0. A homology model of ...

The squid sucks in water and the current whooshes Ali and Mai closer and closer Meet Ali and Mai , Vibrio fischeri Bacterium, who live inside Sepio - a Bobtail Squid. These three creatures need each other and live in Symbiosis, helping each other to grow and survive. This story has been broken up into…

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Aspergillus fumigatus is a major human pathogen that causes hundreds of thousands of infections yearly with high mortality rates. In contrast, Aspergillus fischeri and the recently described Aspergillus oerlinghausenensis, the two species most closely related to A. fumigatus, are not known to be pathogenic. Some of the cards of virulence that A. fumigatus possesses are secondary metabolites that impair the host immune system, protect from host immune cell attacks, or acquire key nutrients. Secondary metabolites and the biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) that typically encode them often vary within and between fungal species. To gain insight into whether secondary metabolism-associated cards of virulence vary between A. fumigatus, A. oerlinghausenensis, and A. fischeri, we conducted extensive genomic and secondary metabolite profiling analyses. By analyzing multiple A. fumigatus, one A. oerlinghausenensis, and multiple A. fischeri strains, we identified both conserved and diverged secondary ...

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The type VI system is found within many different bacteria, said Kirsten R. Guckes, a postdoctoral researcher at Penn State and first author of the paper. It was originally thought to primarily contribute to the virulence of pathogenic bacteria. For example, Vibrio cholerae, the bacteria that causes cholera, uses it. But, we now know that beneficial bacteria, like V. fischeri, also use T6SS to kill other bacteria. Because T6SS is thought to be energetically expensive for the bacteria to produce, and doing so could interfere with the bacterias ability to thrive and produce bioluminescence, understanding how the components of the system are regulated will help us to explain the host-symbiont relationship and the factors that contribute to establishing symbiosis.. A key structural component of T6SS is Hcp, coded for by two functionally redundant genes. The research team showed that the expression of Hcp is dependent on two factors: the alternative sigma factor σ54 and the bacterial enhancer ...

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Transposon mutants of the prototrophic V. fischeri strain ESR1 (19) were obtained by conjugative transposon mutagenesis with Escherichia coli strain S17-1 λpir (pUT mini-Tn5 Cm) (21), and selection for transconjugants was performed on a Luria broth and NaCl (LBS) agar medium (22) containing (per liter) 100 mg rifampicin, and 5 mg chloramphenicol. This procedure has been shown to cause single transposon insertions that are stable in V. fischeri (23). Amino acid auxotrophs were isolated from this pool of transposon mutants by using a streptozotocin enrichment method (24). Strains that could be complemented by the addition of a single amino acid were identified (25), and nine mutants that were auxotrophic for different amino acids were analyzed further. The growth rate and luminescence of these mutants were indistinguishable from that of strain ESR1 in SWT broth, a complex tryptone-based seawater medium (13); however, each mutant was unable to grow in the minimal-salts medium MSR, a derivative of ...

A chemical released by the bacterium, Vibrio fischeri, sends this protozoan, Salpinogoeca rosetta, into a mating swarm, demonstrating that bacteria can dri...

Water quality -- Determination of the inhibitory effect of water samples on the light emission of Vibrio fischeri (Luminescent bacteria test) -- Part 2: Method using liquid-dried bacteria

Five sediment cores (S1−S5) were collected from the Shima River to determine the bioavailability of trace metals (Cd, Cr, Cu, Ni, and Zn) using the modified European Community Bureau of Reference (BCR) procedure. The toxic effects of polluted sediment were assessed using the LUMISTox® bioassay with Vibrio fischeri and chemical models such as the toxicity unit (TU) of each metal, sum of all TUs (∑T ...

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Fifty nanograms of cDNA was the template for the RT-PCR, with primer concentrations of 250 μM. 2× SYBR Green master mix (Applied Biosystems) and H2O were added to a final reaction volume of 50 μL per well in a MicroAmp Optical 96-well reaction plate (Applied Biosystems). RG7204 purchase Thermal cycler settings were programmed for 52 °C for 2 min, 95 °C for 10 min, then 45 cycles of the following: 95 °C for 15 s, 51 °C for 15 s, and 60 °C for 1 min, which was the data collection point. Ideally, a csrA partial deletion strain would have been used for experiments as has been possible. in other systems (Liu et al., 1995; Lenz et al., 2005). However, repeated attempts failed to generate the desired construct. Therefore, an alternative strategy was employed to modulate CsrA levels whereby either csrA (pJW3) or csrB1 (pJW4) was overexpressed from a stable plasmid construct in two V. fischeri strains, ES114 (wild type) and PMF8 (ΔlitR). This approach was followed, because in factorial design ...

Many bacteria, including V. fischeri, recognize and respond to their environments using two-component regulatory systems (Fig. 2A, reviewed in Stock et al.

Effect of CIAP treatment of lipid A on its ability to induce juvenile light organ apoptosis. (A) Fluorescence micrographs of light organs that had been incubate