L-alanine-induced germination in Bacillus licheniformis -the impact of native gerA sequences

Author
Madslien, Elisabeth Henie
Granum, Per Einar
Blatny, Janet Martha
Lindback, Toril
Date Issued
2014
Keywords
Aminosyrer
Genomanalyse
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https://ffi-publikasjoner.archive.knowledgearc.net/handle/20.500.12242/10
DOI
10.1186/1471-2180-14-101
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Articles
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Madslien, Elisabeth Henie; Granum, Per Einar; Blatny, Janet Martha; Lindback, Toril. L-alanine-induced germination in Bacillus licheniformis -the impact of native gerA sequences. BMC Microbiology 2014 ;Volum 14.(101)
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Abstract
Background L-alanine, acting through the GerA receptor, was recently found to be an efficient germinant in Bacillus licheniformis ATCC14580/DSM13. Results In this study, we show that several of 46 examined B. licheniformis strains germinate remarkably slower than the type strain when exposed to L-alanine. These strains are not necessarily closely related, as determined by MLST (multi-locus sequence typing). Three of the slow-germinating strains were further examined in order to see whether nucleotide substitutions in the gerA sequences were responsible for the slow L-alanine germination. This was performed by complementing the transformable type strain derivate MW3ΔgerAA with gerA variants from the three slow-germinating strains; NVH1032, NVH1112 and NVH800. Conclusions A wide selection of B. licheniformis strains was evaluated for L-alanine-induced germination efficiency. Our results show that gerA substitutions could only partially explain why spores of some B. licheniformis strains responded slower than others in the presence of L-alanine.
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