Transcriptional Phase Variation at the flhB Gene of Pseudomonas putida DOT-T1E Is Involved in Response to Environmental Changes and Suggests the Participation of the Flagellar Export System in Solvent Tolerance

AUTOR(ES)

Segura, Ana

FONTE

American Society for Microbiology

RESUMO

Frameshift mutations in a poly(G) track at the flhB gene of Pseudomonas putida DOT-T1E are responsible for the diminished swimming of this strain on semisolid medium, which contrasts with the high swimming ability of P. putida KT2440, which does not exhibit a poly(G) track at the flhB gene. We previously showed that a mutant lacking FlhB was more sensitive to solvents than the wild-type strain (Segura et al., J. Bacteriol., 183:4127-4133, 2001). In this study, we show that swimming ability correlates with solvent tolerance in P. putida DOT-T1E, so that growth conditions favoring a functional flhB gene (growth on semisolid medium) resulted in increased innate tolerance to a sudden toluene shock.

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