Effect of the AZOBR_p60123 Plasmid Gene, Encoding the Wzt Protein, on Lipopolysaccharide Synthesis and Biofilm Formation in the Bacterium  Azospirillum baldaniorum  Sp245

L. P. Petrova; Петрова Л. П.; S. S. Evstigneeva; Евстигнеева С. С.; Y. A. Filip’echeva; Филипьечева Ю. А.; I. V. Volokhina; Волохина И. В.; G. L. Burygin; Бурыгин Г. Л.; L. Y. Matora; Матора Л. Ю.; A. V. Shelud’ko; Шелудько А. В.

doi:10.31857/S002636562260081X

Effect of the AZOBR_p60123 Plasmid Gene, Encoding the Wzt Protein, on Lipopolysaccharide Synthesis and Biofilm Formation in the Bacterium Azospirillum baldaniorum Sp245

Authors: Petrova L.P.¹, Evstigneeva S.S.¹, Filip’echeva Y.A.¹, Volokhina I.V.¹, Burygin G.L.¹, Matora .Y.¹, Shelud’ko A.V.¹
Affiliations:
1. Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Plants and Microorganisms, Saratov Scientific Center, Russian Academy of Sciences
Issue: Vol 92, No 3 (2023)
Pages: 289-299
Section: ЭКСПЕРИМЕНТАЛЬНЫЕ СТАТЬИ
URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/0026-3656/article/view/138217
DOI: https://doi.org/10.31857/S002636562260081X
EDN: https://elibrary.ru/FWBWKP
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Inactivation of one of the genes (CDS AZOBR_p60123) of the ABC transporter ATP-binding protein Wzt in the p60123::aphAI mutant of Azospirillum baldaniorum Sp245 and the introduction of an additional copy of this gene into the parent or mutant strain affected the chain-length heterogeneity of O polysaccharides (OPSs) and lipopolysaccharides (LPSs), the OPS and LPS immunochemical characteristics, and the strain properties related to polysaccharide production (biofilm construction). Biofilms of the p60123::aphAI mutant Sp245.4-1-1 accumulated two times less biomass than those of Sp245. Introduction of pRK415-p60123 into the cells of Sp245.4-1-1 or Sp245 resulted in a respective increase or decrease in the ability of the resulting derivative strains to accumulate biofilm biomass, as compared with the original strains.

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Azospirillum baldaniorum, lipopolysaccharides, wzt gene, ABC transporters, biofilms

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