期刊
ISME JOURNAL
卷 6, 期 7, 页码 1356-1366出版社
SPRINGERNATURE
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2011.210
关键词
interkingdom signal; Proteus mirabilis; Lucilia sericata; salivary gland; quorum sensing; bacterial swarming
资金
- NIH [R01 GM089999]
- Texas AgriLife Research
- Texas A & M University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Flies transport specific bacteria with their larvae that provide a wider range of nutrients for those bacteria. Our hypothesis was that this symbiotic interaction may depend on interkingdom signaling. We obtained Proteus mirabilis from the salivary glands of the blow fly Lucilia sericata; this strain swarmed significantly and produced a strong odor that attracts blow flies. To identify the putative interkingdom signals for the bacterium and flies, we reasoned that as swarming is used by this bacterium to cover the food resource and requires bacterial signaling, the same bacterial signals used for swarming may be used to communicate with blow flies. Using transposon mutagenesis, we identified six novel genes for swarming (ureR, fis, hybG, zapB, fadE and PROSTU_03490), then, confirming our hypothesis, we discovered that fly attractants, lactic acid, phenol, NaOH, KOH and ammonia, restore swarming for cells with the swarming mutations. Hence, compounds produced by the bacterium that attract flies also are utilized for swarming. In addition, bacteria with the swarming mutation rfaL attracted fewer blow flies and reduced the number of eggs laid by the flies. Therefore, we have identified several interkingdom signals between P. mirabilis and blow flies. The ISME Journal (2012) 6, 1356-1366; doi:10.1038/ismej.2011.210; published online 12 January 2012
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