期刊
APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY
卷 84, 期 6, 页码 -出版社
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02350-17
关键词
nutrient limitation; preinfection niche; ethanolamine; choline; copper; water system; water systems
资金
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease [AI103003]
- National Institute of General Medicine [GM103496, GM103449]
- NASA [NNX16ZHA001C]
- [T32 HL076122]
- NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE [T32HL076122] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES [R01AI103003] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES [P20GM103496, P20GM103449, P30GM118228] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
Many Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections are derived from residential, recreational, or surface water sources; thus, these environments represent an important preinfection niche. To better understand P. aeruginosa biology in these environments, we quantified transcriptional changes by microarray after exposure to diluted LB, diluted R2B, potable tap water, and freshwater from a eutrophic pond. Quantitative reverse transcription-PCR (qRT-PCR) confirmed the conservation of these responses in other water sources, and competition experiments were used to test the importance of three implicated metabolic pathways. The global transcriptional responses in potable water and freshwater showed strong induction of genes involved in metabolism of the head groups and acyl tails of phospholipids, as well as nucleotide metabolism, with commensurate decreased transcript expression of genes encoding their synthetic pathways. These data suggest that phospholipids and nucleotides are part of the nutritional milieu of these two environments. A unique response in municipal-delivered potable water was to the metals in the piping system, particularly copper. To identify potential nutrient sources used by P. aeruginosa in these environments, we used competition assays between the wild-type and deletion mutant strains in three pathways induced under these conditions. For phospholipid head-group metabolism, ethanolamine utilization (eutB) was important for competition in potable water, while choline oxidation (betBA) was important for competition in freshwater. Nucleotide utilization, particularly pyrimidine metabolism (dht), showed a trend toward importance in freshwater but was not statistically significant. These findings provide new insights into the P. aeruginosa response to potable water and freshwater and led to the identification of potentially important nutrient sources in these environments. IMPORTANCE Much of our knowledge about Pseudomonas aeruginosa comes from the infection niche, and much less is known about its lifestyle in the environment. P. aeruginosa is an adaptable bacterium capable of growing in many environments but is particularly common in potable water systems and freshwater. We used the transcriptional responses of P. aeruginosa to these environments to identify important nutrient sources specific to either of these two environments. Additionally, these environments could provide experimental situations to understand gene function for the large number of transcripts with unknown functions induced under these conditions.
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