Article
The CodY-dependent clhAB2 operon is involved in cell shape, chaining and autolysis in Bacillus cereus ATCC 14579.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2017
Huillet Eugénie, Bridoux Ludovic, Wanapaisan Pagakrong, Rejasse Agnès, Peng Qi, Panbangred Watanalai, Lereclus Didier
Abstract excerpt
The Gram-positive pathogen Bacillus cereus is able to grow in chains of rod-shaped cells, but the regulation of chaining remains largely unknown. Here, we observe that glucose-grown cells of B. cereus ATCC 14579 form longer chains than those grown in the absence of glucose during the late exponential and transition growth phases, and identify that the clhAB2 operon is required for this chain lengthening...
Topics
- Bacillus cereus
- Bacterial Proteins
- Gene Deletion
- Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial
- Glucose
- Mutation
- Operon