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ArticleScientific reports2020

Inducible Antibacterial Activity in the Bacillales by Triphenyl Tetrazolium Chloride.

Laura Sierra-Zapata, Javier C Álvarez, Magally Romero-Tabarez, Mark W Silby, Matthew F Traxler, Scott W Behie, Rita de Cassia Pessotti, Valeska Villegas-Escobar

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Article in Scientific reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Laura Sierra-ZapataResearch group CIBIOP, Department of Biological Sciences, Universidad EAFIT, Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia.
Javier C ÁlvarezResearch group CIBIOP, Department of Biological Sciences, Universidad EAFIT, Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia.
Magally Romero-TabarezEscuela de Biociencias, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Antioquia, Colombia.
Mark W SilbyDepartment of Biology, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Dartmouth, MA, USA.
Matthew F TraxlerDepartment of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Scott W BehieDepartment of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Rita de Cassia PessottiDepartment of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Valeska Villegas-EscobarResearch group CIBIOP, Department of Biological Sciences, Universidad EAFIT, Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia. vvilleg2@eafit.edu.co.
Universidad EAFIT · COUniversity of California, Berkeley · USUniversidad Nacional de Colombia · COUniversity of Massachusetts Dartmouth · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The world is in the midst of an antimicrobial resistance crisis, driving a need to discover novel antibiotic substances. Using chemical cues as inducers to unveil a microorganism's full metabolic potential is considered a successful strategy. To this end, we investigated an inducible antagonistic behavior in multiple isolates of the order Bacillales, where large inhibition zones were produced against Ralstonia solanacearum only when grown in the presence of the indicator triphenyl tetrazolium chloride (TTC). This bioactivity was produced in a TTC-dose dependent manner. Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus sp. isolates were also inhibited by Bacillus sp. strains in TTC presence, to a lesser extent. Knockout mutants and transcriptomic analysis of B. subtilis NCIB 3610 cells revealed that genes from the L-histidine biosynthetic pathway, the purine, pyrimidine de novo synthesis and salvage and interconversion routes, were significantly upregulated. Chemical space studied through metabolomic analysis, showed increased presence of nitrogenous compounds in extracts from induced bacteria. The metabolites orotic acid and L-phenylalaninamide were tested against R. solanacearum, E. coli, Staphylococcus sp. and B. subtilis, and exhibited activity against pathogens only in the presence of TTC, suggesting a biotransformation of nitrogenous compounds in Bacillus sp. cells as the plausible cause of the inducible antagonistic behavior.

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Anti-Bacterial AgentsBacillalesBacteriaBiosynthetic PathwaysMicrobial Sensitivity TestsTetrazolium SaltsAnti-Bacterial AgentsTetrazolium Saltstriphenyltetrazolium

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PMID32221330
PMCPMC7101371
OpenAlexW3013102978

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