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Xanthomonas citri MinC Oscillates from Pole to Pole to Ensure Proper Cell Division and Shape
Xanthomonas citri (Xac) is the causal agent of citrus canker, a disease that affects citrus crops and causes economic impact worldwide. To further characterize cell division in this plant pathogen, we investigated the role of the protein MinC in cell division, chromosome segregation, and peptidoglyc...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5515816/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28769912 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2017.01352 |
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author | Lorenzoni, André S. G. Dantas, Giordanni C. Bergsma, Tessa Ferreira, Henrique Scheffers, Dirk-Jan |
author_facet | Lorenzoni, André S. G. Dantas, Giordanni C. Bergsma, Tessa Ferreira, Henrique Scheffers, Dirk-Jan |
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description | Xanthomonas citri (Xac) is the causal agent of citrus canker, a disease that affects citrus crops and causes economic impact worldwide. To further characterize cell division in this plant pathogen, we investigated the role of the protein MinC in cell division, chromosome segregation, and peptidoglycan incorporation by deleting the gene minC using allele exchange. Xac with minC deleted exhibited the classic Δmin phenotype observed in other bacteria deleted for min components: minicells and short filamentation. In addition we noticed the formation of branches, which is similar to what was previously described for Escherichia coli deleted for either min or for several low molecular weight penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs). The branching phenotype was medium dependent and probably linked to gluconeogenic growth. We complemented the minC gene by integrating gfp-minC into the amy locus. Xac complemented strains displayed a wild-type phenotype. In addition, GFP-MinC oscillated from pole to pole, similar to MinCD oscillations observed in E. coli and more recently in Synechococcus elongatus. Further investigation of the branching phenotype revealed that in branching cells nucleoid organization, divisome formation and peptidoglycan incorporation were disrupted. |
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spelling | pubmed-55158162017-08-02 Xanthomonas citri MinC Oscillates from Pole to Pole to Ensure Proper Cell Division and Shape Lorenzoni, André S. G. Dantas, Giordanni C. Bergsma, Tessa Ferreira, Henrique Scheffers, Dirk-Jan Front Microbiol Microbiology Xanthomonas citri (Xac) is the causal agent of citrus canker, a disease that affects citrus crops and causes economic impact worldwide. To further characterize cell division in this plant pathogen, we investigated the role of the protein MinC in cell division, chromosome segregation, and peptidoglycan incorporation by deleting the gene minC using allele exchange. Xac with minC deleted exhibited the classic Δmin phenotype observed in other bacteria deleted for min components: minicells and short filamentation. In addition we noticed the formation of branches, which is similar to what was previously described for Escherichia coli deleted for either min or for several low molecular weight penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs). The branching phenotype was medium dependent and probably linked to gluconeogenic growth. We complemented the minC gene by integrating gfp-minC into the amy locus. Xac complemented strains displayed a wild-type phenotype. In addition, GFP-MinC oscillated from pole to pole, similar to MinCD oscillations observed in E. coli and more recently in Synechococcus elongatus. Further investigation of the branching phenotype revealed that in branching cells nucleoid organization, divisome formation and peptidoglycan incorporation were disrupted. Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-07-19 /pmc/articles/PMC5515816/ /pubmed/28769912 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2017.01352 Text en Copyright © 2017 Lorenzoni, Dantas, Bergsma, Ferreira and Scheffers. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Microbiology Lorenzoni, André S. G. Dantas, Giordanni C. Bergsma, Tessa Ferreira, Henrique Scheffers, Dirk-Jan Xanthomonas citri MinC Oscillates from Pole to Pole to Ensure Proper Cell Division and Shape |
title | Xanthomonas citri MinC Oscillates from Pole to Pole to Ensure Proper Cell Division and Shape |
title_full | Xanthomonas citri MinC Oscillates from Pole to Pole to Ensure Proper Cell Division and Shape |
title_fullStr | Xanthomonas citri MinC Oscillates from Pole to Pole to Ensure Proper Cell Division and Shape |
title_full_unstemmed | Xanthomonas citri MinC Oscillates from Pole to Pole to Ensure Proper Cell Division and Shape |
title_short | Xanthomonas citri MinC Oscillates from Pole to Pole to Ensure Proper Cell Division and Shape |
title_sort | xanthomonas citri minc oscillates from pole to pole to ensure proper cell division and shape |
topic | Microbiology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5515816/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28769912 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2017.01352 |
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