Silby Mark W, Giddens Stephen R, Mahanty H Khris
Department of Plant and Microbial Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2005 Jan;71(1):569-73. doi: 10.1128/AEM.71.1.569-573.2005.
The growth advantage in stationary phase (GASP) phenotype was shown to be present in two mutants lacking the antifungal phenotype (Af(-) mutants) of Pseudomonas aureofaciens PA147-2. Complementation demonstrated a correlation between GASP and the antifungal defect in one strain but not in the second. Sequence analysis revealed the Af(-) GASP strain had a mutation in a gene (finR) encoding a LysR-type regulator. Antifungal-minus mutants arose in starved cultures, and those aged cultures had increased fitness. Taken together, the results show that there are at least two paths to the GASP phenotype in P. aureofaciens, one of which results in a concomitant loss of the antifungal phenotype.
研究表明,在缺乏金色假单胞菌PA147 - 2抗真菌表型的两个突变体(Af(-)突变体)中存在稳定期生长优势(GASP)表型。互补实验表明,在一个菌株中GASP与抗真菌缺陷之间存在相关性,但在另一个菌株中则不存在。序列分析显示,Af(-) GASP菌株在编码LysR型调节因子的基因(finR)中发生了突变。在饥饿培养物中出现了抗真菌能力缺失的突变体,并且那些老化培养物的适应性增强。综合来看,结果表明在金色假单胞菌中至少有两条途径可导致GASP表型,其中一条途径会导致抗真菌表型同时丧失。