ArticleJournal of bacteriology2005
Magnesium promotes flagellation of Vibrio fischeri.
Article in Journal of bacteriology, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.
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- A lasting symbiosis: how Vibrio fischeri finds a squid partner and persists within its natural host.Nature reviews. Microbiology · 2021Review
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- Quorum Sensing and Cyclic di-GMP Exert Control Over Motility ofFrontiers in microbiology · 2021Article
- Activation of the TCA Cycle to Provide Immune Protection in Zebrafish Immunized by High Magnesium-PreparedFrontiers in immunology · 2021Article
- Vibrio fischeri: Laboratory Cultivation, Storage, and Common Phenotypic Assays.Current protocols in microbiology · 2020Article
- Enhanced Biofilm Formation and Membrane Vesicle Release byFrontiers in microbiology · 2018Article
- Increasing Growth Yield and Decreasing Acetylation in Escherichia coli by Optimizing the Carbon-to-Magnesium Ratio in Peptide-Based Media.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2017Article
- An Expanded Transposon Mutant Library Reveals that Vibrio fischeri δ-Aminolevulinate Auxotrophs Can Colonize Euprymna scolopes.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2017Article
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- Host, pathogen and the environment: the case of Macrobrachium rosenbergii, Vibrio parahaemolyticus and magnesium.Gut pathogens · 2016Review
- Impact and Influence of the NaturalFrontiers in microbiology · 2016Review
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Abstract
The bacterium Vibrio fischeri requires bacterial motility to initiate colonization of the Hawaiian squid Euprymna scolopes. Once colonized, however, the bacterial population becomes largely unflagellated. To understand environmental influences on V. fischeri motility, we investigated migration of this organism in tryptone-based soft agar media supplemented with different salts. We found that optimal migration required divalent cations and, in particular, Mg2+. At concentrations naturally present in seawater, Mg2+ improved migration without altering the growth rate of the cells. Transmission electron microscopy and Western blot experiments suggested that Mg2+ addition enhanced flagellation, at least in part through an effect on the steady-state levels of flagellin protein.
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