Open AccessThe cell division genes ( ftsE and X ) of Aeromonas hydrophila and their relationship with opsonophagocytosis
Author(s) -
Merino Susana,
Altarriba Marı́a,
Gavı́n Rosalina,
Izquierdo Luis,
Tomás Juan M
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
fems microbiology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.899
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1574-6968
pISSN - 0378-1097
DOI - 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2001.tb10640.x
Subject(s) - aeromonas hydrophila , mutant , operon , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , gene , phenotype , transposable element , escherichia coli , bacteria , mutation , genetics
A transposon mutant from Aeromonas hydrophila AH‐3 was obtained which was highly resistant to opsonophagocytosis. The mutation was identified in the ftsE gene and we characterised the operon ftsY , E and X from this bacterium. These genes, as in enteric bacteria, are neighbours to rpoH . The A. hydrophila ftsE and X genes were fully able to complement Escherichia coli ftsE mutants, and also complement the opsonophagocytosis‐resistant phenotype of the A. hydrophila mutant strain. This phenotype seems to be related to the filamentous phenotype at 37°C exhibited by the A. hydrophila ftsE mutant.