Haaber Jakob, Moineau Sylvain, Hammer Karin
Center for Systems Microbiology, DTU Systems Biology, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Lyngby, Denmark.
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2009 May;75(10):3358-61. doi: 10.1128/AEM.02538-08. Epub 2009 Mar 13.
AbiV is a chromosomally encoded phage resistance mechanism that is silent in the wild-type phage-sensitive strain Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris MG1363. Spontaneous phage-resistant mutants of L. lactis MG1363 were analyzed by reverse transcriptase PCR and shown to express AbiV. This expression was related to a reorganization in the upstream region of abiV. Transfer of abiV between two lactococcal strains, most likely by conjugation, was also demonstrated. To our knowledge, this is the first report of natural transfer of a chromosomally encoded phage resistance mechanism.
AbiV是一种染色体编码的噬菌体抗性机制,在野生型对噬菌体敏感的菌株乳酸乳球菌亚种cremoris MG1363中处于沉默状态。通过逆转录酶PCR分析了乳酸乳球菌MG1363的自发噬菌体抗性突变体,结果显示它们表达AbiV。这种表达与abiV上游区域的重组有关。还证明了abiV在两个乳球菌菌株之间的转移,最有可能是通过接合作用实现的。据我们所知,这是关于染色体编码的噬菌体抗性机制自然转移的首次报道。