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ArticleInfection and immunity2010

Vibrio cholerae phosphoenolpyruvate phosphotransferase system control of carbohydrate transport, biofilm formation, and colonization of the germfree mouse intestine.

Laetitia Houot, Sarah Chang, Cedric Absalon, Paula I Watnick

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Article in Infection and immunity, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 54 papers.

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Laetitia HouotDivision of Infectious Disease, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
Sarah Chang
Cedric Absalon
Paula I Watnick
Boston Children's Hospital · US

Funding

Biofilm Development by Vibrio choleraeR01AI050032 · NIAID · TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER · PI WATNICK, PAULA I · 2002 to 2010
$2.2M
NIAID NIH HHS AI50082NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI050032
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The bacterial phosphoenolpyruvate phosphotransferase system (PTS) is a highly conserved phosphotransfer cascade whose components modulate many cellular functions in response to carbohydrate availability. Here, we further elucidate PTS control of Vibrio cholerae carbohydrate transport and activation of biofilm formation on abiotic surfaces. We then define the role of the PTS in V. cholerae colonization of the adult germfree mouse intestine. We report that V. cholerae colonizes both the small and large intestines of the mouse in a distribution that does not change over the course of a month-long experiment. Because V. cholerae possesses many PTS-independent carbohydrate transporters, the PTS is not essential for bacterial growth in vitro. However, we find that the PTS is essential for colonization of the germfree adult mouse intestine and that this requirement is independent of PTS regulation of biofilm formation. Therefore, competition for PTS substrates may be a dominant force in the success of V. cholerae as an intestinal pathogen. Because the PTS plays a role in colonization of environmental surfaces and the mammalian intestine, we propose that it may be essential to successful transit of V. cholerae through its life cycle of pathogenesis and environmental persistence.

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Carbohydrate MetabolismAnimalsBiofilmsColony Count, MicrobialFemaleIntestinesMicePhosphoenolpyruvate Sugar Phosphotransferase SystemVibrio choleraePhosphoenolpyruvate Sugar Phosphotransferase System

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PMID20123708
PMCPMC2849402
OpenAlexW2143356857

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