Dechlorination of Chloral Hydrate Is Influenced by the Biofilm Adhesin Protein LapA in Pseudomonas putida LF54
Author(s) -
Wanjun Zhang,
Huhe,
Yuanbai Pan,
Masanori Toyofuku,
Nobuhiko Nomura,
Toshiaki Nakajima,
Hiroo Uchiyama
Publication year - 2013
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.00804-13
Subject(s) - pseudomonas putida , biofilm , chloral hydrate , chemistry , mutant , transposon mutagenesis , mutagenesis , pregnenolone , microbiology and biotechnology , bacterial adhesin , pseudomonadales , pseudomonas aeruginosa , biology , transposable element , biochemistry , bacteria , escherichia coli , gene , genetics , pharmacology , steroid , hormone
LapA is the largest surface adhesion protein of Pseudomonas putida that initiates biofilm formation. Here, by using transposon insertion mutagenesis and a conditional lapA mutant, we demonstrate for the first time that LapA influences chloral hydrate (CH) dechlorination in P. putida LF54.
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