Open AccessRole of Flagella in Virulence of the Coral Pathogen Vibrio coralliilyticus
Author(s) -
Dalit Meron,
Rotem Efrony,
Wesley R. Johnson,
Amy L. Schaefer,
Pamela J. Morris,
Eugene Rosenberg,
E. Peter Greenberg,
Ehud Banin
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
applied and environmental microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.552
H-Index - 324
eISSN - 1070-6291
pISSN - 0099-2240
DOI - 10.1128/aem.00198-09
Subject(s) - flagellum , biology , pathogen , microbiology and biotechnology , mutant , virulence , coral , vibrio , chemotaxis , mucus , transposable element , vibrionaceae , human pathogen , gene , genetics , bacteria , ecology , receptor
A recently available transposition system was utilized to isolate a nonmotile mutant of the coral-bleaching pathogenVibrio coralliilyticus . The mutation was localized to thefhlA gene, and the mutant lacked flagella. TheflhA mutant was unable to exhibit chemotaxis toward coral mucus or to adhere to corals and subsequently cause infection.