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Gautier M, Chopin MC. Plasmid-Determined Systems for Restriction and Modification Activity and Abortive Infection in Streptococcus cremoris. Appl Environ Microbiol 2010; 53:923-7. [PMID: 16347351 PMCID: PMC203787 DOI: 10.1128/aem.53.5.923-927.1987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Streptococcus cremoris strain IL964 possessed a restriction and modification (R/M) activity which resulted in a bacteriophage efficiency of plating of 5 x 10. Phage sensitivity of protoplast-induced plasmid-cured derivatives indicated that two plasmids called pIL103 (5.7 kilobases) and pIL107 (15.2 kilobases) were each coding for one R/M system. Plasmid pIL103-encoded R/M was ascertained by transfer into the plasmid-free, R/M strain IL1403 of S. lactis, using protoplast cotransformation. This procedure failed for pIL107 because of some degree of incompatibility between pIL107 and the indicator plasmid pHV1301 used in cotransformation experiments. We also observed that plasmid pIL105 (8.7 kilobases) which showed no incidence on phage sensitivity in the parental strain IL964, mediated abortive infection in strain IL1403. In 97% of the infected cells, the phage infection was abortive, while in the remaining 3% phages were produced with a decreased burst size (50 instead of 180).
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- M Gautier
- Laboratoire de Recherche de Technologie Laitière, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, 35042 Rennes, France
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Reyrolle J, Chopin MC, Letellier F, Novel G. Lysogenic strains of lactic Acid streptococci and lytic spectra of their temperate bacteriophages. Appl Environ Microbiol 2010; 43:349-56. [PMID: 16345940 PMCID: PMC241830 DOI: 10.1128/aem.43.2.349-356.1982] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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A total of 113 strains of mesophilic strains lactic streptococci of the species Streptococcus lactis, S. lactis subsp. diacetilactis, and S. cremoris, chosen from 291 strains that had been previously classified into six groups on the basis of their sensitivity to 132 virulent phages, were subjected to induction with mitomycin C. Among these strains, 43% produced phages capable of forming plaques of lysis on an indicator strain either spontaneously or after induction. There was a close correlation between the lytic spectra of temperate and virulent phages. Among the strains studied, 25% were shown to be indicator strains. These results emphasized the high probability of development of temperate phages in a starter culture containing mesophilic lactic streptococci and therefore their importance as a cause of accidents in cheese making.
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- J Reyrolle
- Equipe de Génétique Microbienne, U. E. R. des Sciences de l'Alimentation, 14032 Caen Cedex, France; and Laboratoire de Recherches de Technologie Laitière, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, 35042 Rennes Cedex, France
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The function of the Lactococcus lactis bacteriophage bIL66 middle time-expressed operon (M-operon), involved in sensitivity to the abortive infection mechanism AbiD1, was examined. Expression of the M-operon is detrimental to Escherichia coli cells, induces the SOS response and is lethal to recA and recBC E. coli mutants, which are both deficient in recombinational repair of chromosomal double-stranded breaks (DSBs). The use of an inducible expression system allowed us to demonstrate that the M-operon-encoded proteins generate a limited number of randomly distributed chromosomal DSBs that are substrates for ExoV-mediated DNA degradation. DSBs were also shown to occur upstream of the replication initiation point of unidirectionally theta-replicating plasmids. The characteristics of the DSBs lead us to propose that the endonucleolytic activity of the M-operon is not specific to DNA sequence, but rather to branched DNA structures. Genetic and physical analysis performed with different derivatives of the M-operon indicated that two orfs (orf2 and orf3) are needed for nucleolytic activity. The orf3 product has amino acid homology with the E. coli RuvC Holliday junction resolvase. By site-specific mutagenesis, we have shown that one of the amino acid residues constituting the active centre of RuvC enzyme (Glu-66) and conserved in ORF3 (Glu-67) is essential for the nucleolytic activity of the M-operon gene product(s). We therefore propose that orf2 and orf3 of the M-operon code for a structure-specific endonuclease (M-nuclease), which might be essential for phage multiplication.
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- E Bidnenko
- INRA, Laboratoire de Génétique Microbienne, Jouy-en-Josas, France.
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Three genes coding for a type I R-M system related to the class C enzymes have been identified on the chromosome of Lactococcus lactis strain IL1403. In addition, plasmids were found that encode only the HsdS subunit that directs R-M specificity. The presence of these plasmids in IL1403 conferred a new R-M phenotype on the host, indicating that the plasmid-encoded HsdS is able to interact with the chromosomally encoded HsdR and HsdM subunits. Such combinational variation of type I R-M systems may facilitate the evolution of their specificity and thus reinforce bacterial resistance against invasive foreign unmethylated DNA.
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- C Schouler
- INRA, Laboratoire de Génétique Microbienne, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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Three genes coding for the endonuclease, methylase, and specificity subunits of a type I restriction-modification (R-M) system in the Lactococcus lactis plasmid pIL2614 have been characterized. Plasmid location, sequence homologies, and inactivation studies indicated that this R-M system is most probably of type IC.
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- C Schouler
- INRA, Laboratoire de Génétique Microbienne, CRJJ, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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Chapot-Chartier MP, Schouler C, Lepeuple AS, Gripon JC, Chopin MC. Characterization of cspB, a cold-shock-inducible gene from Lactococcus lactis, and evidence for a family of genes homologous to the Escherichia coli cspA major cold shock gene. J Bacteriol 1997; 179:5589-93. [PMID: 9287018 PMCID: PMC179434 DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.17.5589-5593.1997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Upon temperature downshift, the major cold shock protein CspA is highly induced in Escherichia coli. This protein being conserved in other bacteria, we used a PCR-based approach with a pair of degenerate primers derived from highly conserved regions of the CspA-related proteins to evidence the presence of at least three related genes in Lactococcus lactis. One of them, cspB, was cloned and sequenced. It encodes a 66-residue protein which possesses 60% sequence identity with E. coli CspA. Following a cold shock from 30 to 15 degrees C, the level of the cspB mRNA transcript increased, as shown by Northern blot hybridization. In addition, induction of cspB-directed beta-galactosidase activity was observed. These results indicate that the L. lactis cspB gene is cold shock inducible.
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- M P Chapot-Chartier
- Unité de Recherche de Biochimie et Structure des Protéines, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Jouy-en-Josas, France.
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Parreira R, Valyasevi R, Lerayer AL, Ehrlich SD, Chopin MC. Gene organization and transcription of a late-expressed region of a Lactococcus lactis phage. J Bacteriol 1996; 178:6158-65. [PMID: 8892814 PMCID: PMC178485 DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.21.6158-6165.1996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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The lactococcal phage bIL41 belongs to the small isometric-headed phages of the 936 quasi-species and is resistant to the abortive infection determined by abiB. A 10.2-kb segment from this phage, in which late transcription is initiated, has been sequenced. Thirteen open reading frames (ORFs) organized in one transcriptional unit have been identified. The location of two of them and the structural features of the proteins they code for are evocative of terminase subunits. Five other ORFs specify proteins which are highly homologous to structural proteins from the closely related phage F4-1. By comparing the phage bIL41 sequence with partial sequences available for four related phages, we were able to deduce a chimerical phage map covering the middle- and a large part of the late-expressed regions. Phages from this quasi-species differ by the insertion or deletion of either 1 to about 400 bp in noncoding regions or an entire ORF. Transcription was initiated 9 min after infection at a promoter with a -10 but no -35 consensus sequence. Synthesis of a phage activator protein was needed for initiation of transcription. A large 16-kb transcript covering all of the late-expressed region of the genome was synthesized. This transcript gave rise to smaller units. One of these units most probably resulted from a RNase E processing.
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- R Parreira
- Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Laboratoire de Génétique Microbienne, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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The abortive infection determinant AbiB prevents growth of the sensitive phage bIL170, but not of the resistant phage bIL41, on Lactococcus lactis strain IL1403. Here we show that AbiB promotes a dramatic degradation of sensitive phage transcripts, starting 10-15 min after infection. The decay of the transcripts is the probable cause of the arrest of the sensitive phage development. Mapping of the 5' end of degradation products established that they result from endonucleolytic cleavage preferentially at U/U, A/U and U/A sites. We propose that an early product of the sensitive phage either induces the synthesis or stimulates the activity of an RNase in an AbiB+ cell.
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- R Parreira
- Laboratoire de G4enétique Microbienne, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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Phage bIL66 is unable to grow on Lactococcus lactis cells harboring the abortive infection gene abiD1. Spontaneous phage mutants able to grow on AbiD1 cells were used to study phage-Abi interaction. A 1.33-kb DNA segment of a mutant phage allowed growth of AbiD1s phages in AbiD1 cells when present in trans. Sequence analysis of this segment revealed an operon composed of four open reading frames, designated orf1 to orf4. The operon is transcribed 10 min after infection from a promoter presenting an extended -10 consensus sequence but no -35 sequence. Analysis of four independent AbiD1r mutants revealed a different point mutation localized in orf1, implying that this open reading frame is needed for sensitivity to AbiD1. However, the sensitivity is partly suppressed when orf3 is expressed in trans on a high-copy-number plasmid, suggesting that AbiD1 acts by decreasing the concentration of an available orf3 product.
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- E Bidnenko
- Laboratoire de Génétique Microbienne, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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Lactococcal phage abortive infection (AbiD1) determined by plasmid pIL105 is active on both prolate- and small-isometric-head phages of the C6A and 936 phage groups, respectively, which are considered two different species. The Abi phenotype was found to be encoded by a single gene, designated abiD1. The abiD1-encoded protein (351 amino acids) does not show homology with any known protein and has a deduced isoelectric point of 10. It also possesses two helix-turn-helix structures and an unusually high content of asparagine, isoleucine, and lysine. A consensual promoter with a TGy extension to the -10 box was mapped 76 bp upstream of the start codon. Transcription initiated at this strong promoter stops at a terminator located 48 bp downstream from the promoter. The termination process is very efficient, and transcripts corresponding to the abiD1 gene were not visible in our experimental conditions with or without phage infection. Expression of abiD1 under the control of a T7 promoter induced a lag phase in Lactococcus lactis cell growth, suggesting that overproduction of AbiD1 could be toxic for the cells. AbiD1 protein was visualized in Escherichia coli by using a tightly controlled expression system.
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- J Anba
- Laboratoire de Génétique Microbienne, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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Monnet V, Nardi M, Chopin A, Chopin MC, Gripon JC. Biochemical and genetic characterization of PepF, an oligopeptidase from Lactococcus lactis. J Biol Chem 1994; 269:32070-6. [PMID: 7798200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Lactococcus lactis possesses a complex proteolytic system which is essential for its growth in milk. We characterized one of the peptidases of this system, oligopeptidase PepF, together with its structural gene. PepF hydrolyzed peptides containing between 7 and 17 amino acids with a rather wide specificity. It was purified to homogeneity. The N-terminal sequences of PepF and of peptides resulting from tryptic digestion of PepF were determined and used to design degenerate oligonucleotides which served to amplify a DNA fragment internal to pepF. This fragment was used as a probe to screen a lactococcal genomic library in Escherichia coli and to clone the entire gene pepF. The gene coded for a 70 kDa protein and was located on a 55-kilobase lactose-protease plasmid. A motif His-Glu-X-X-His, characteristic of metallopeptidases was evidenced. Two regions of PepF were found similar, first to a stretch of 43 amino acids around the zinc-binding site of several other peptidases, second to a stretch of 33 amino acids well conserved among creatine and arginine kinases. Preliminary results suggest the presence of a second copy of pepF.
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- V Monnet
- Groupe d'Enzymologie, Station de Recherches Laitières, I.N.R.A., Jouy en Josas, France
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Monnet V, Nardi M, Chopin A, Chopin MC, Gripon JC. Biochemical and genetic characterization of PepF, an oligopeptidase from Lactococcus lactis. J Biol Chem 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)31602-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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bIL67 is a broad-host-range prolate-headed phage that is active against Lactococcus cells. The complete phage genome sequence of 22195 bp was established. Thirty-seven open reading frames (ORFs) organized in two clusters were identified. Functions were assigned to the putative products of six of the ORFs on the basis of comparison of the deduced amino acid sequences to known proteins, analysis of structural features of the proteins and search for conserved motifs. These were a DNA polymerase, a protein involved in recombination, a lysin, a terminase subunit, a structural protein and a holin.
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- C Schouler
- Laboratoire de Génétique, Microbienne, INRA, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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IS1201, a 1387-bp insertion sequence isolated from Lactobacillus helveticus, was identified by its nucleotide (nt) sequence. It carries a single open reading frame encoding a 369-amino-acid protein, which shares homology with transposases found in a class of related IS, including ISRm3 from Rhizobium meliloti, IS256 from Staphylococcus aureus, IS6120 from Mycobacterium smegmatis, IS1081 from M. bovis, IST2 from Thiobacillus ferroxidans and IS406 from Pseudomonas cepacia. IS1201 has terminal inverted repeats of 24 bp in length and a target site duplication of 8 bp. Its copy number ranges from 3 to about 16 per L. helveticus genome. No homology was found between the nt sequence of IS1201 and those of the other bacterial IS from the same class. These results, together with previous observations [de los Reyes-Gavilán et al., Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 58 (1992) 3429-3432], confirm that IS1201 can be used as a specific DNA probe for the identification of L. helveticus strains.
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- P Tailliez
- Laboratoire de Génétique Microbienne, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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The Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis strains isolated from dairy products are auxotrophs for branched-chain amino acids (leucine, isoleucine, and valine), while most strains isolated from nondairy media are prototrophs. We have cloned and sequenced the leu genes from one auxotroph, IL1403. The sequence is 99% homologous to that of the prototroph NCDO2118, which was determined previously. Two nonsense mutations and two small deletions were found in the auxotroph sequence, which might explain the branched-chain amino acid auxotrophy. Nevertheless, the leu genes from the auxotroph appear to be transcribed and regulated similarly to those from the prototroph.
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- J J Godon
- Laboratoire de Génétique Microbienne, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Jouy en Josas, France
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Chapot-Chartier MP, Nardi M, Chopin MC, Chopin A, Gripon JC. Cloning and sequencing of pepC, a cysteine aminopeptidase gene from Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris AM2. Appl Environ Microbiol 1993; 59:330-3. [PMID: 8439160 PMCID: PMC202100 DOI: 10.1128/aem.59.1.330-333.1993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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A gene coding for an aminopeptidase (PepC) from Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris AM2 was cloned by complementation of an Escherichia coli mutant lacking aminopeptidase activity. The nucleotide sequence was determined. A portion of the predicted amino acid sequence of PepC (436 amino acids) showed strong homology to the active site of cysteine proteases. No signal sequence was found, indicating an intracellular location of the enzyme.
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- M P Chapot-Chartier
- Station de Recherches Laitières, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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Bidnenko E, Valyasevi R, Cluzel PJ, Parreira R, Hillier A, Gautier M, Anba J, Ehrlich SD, Chopin MC. Amélioration de la résistance des lactocoques aux bactériophages. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1993. [DOI: 10.1051/lait:1993218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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The genes for biosynthesis of the branched-chain amino acids leucine, isoleucine, and valine in Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis NCDO2118 were characterized by cloning, complementation in Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis, and nucleotide sequence analysis. Nine structural genes are clustered on a 12-kb DNA fragment in the order leuABCD ilvDBNCA. Upstream of these genes, the nucleotide sequence suggests the existence of regulation by transcriptional attenuation. Between the leuD and ilvD genes is an unexpected gene, encoding a protein which belongs to the ATP-binding cassette protein superfamily.
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- J J Godon
- Laboratoire de Génétique Microbienne, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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Cluzel PJ, Chopin A, Ehrlich SD, Chopin MC. Phage abortive infection mechanism from Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis, expression of which is mediated by an Iso-ISS1 element. Appl Environ Microbiol 1991; 57:3547-51. [PMID: 1664711 PMCID: PMC184010 DOI: 10.1128/aem.57.12.3547-3551.1991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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A 5-kb DNA fragment conferring a phage abortive infection phenotype (Abi+) has been cloned from Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis IL416. The Abi+ determinant was subcloned on a 2-kb fragment which carried an Iso-ISS1 element and an open reading frame of 753 bp designated ORFX. Deletion within ORFX entailed the loss of the Abi+ phenotype, establishing that ORFX is the structural abi-416 gene. The expression of abi-416 was shown to be mediated by the Iso-ISS1 element, which contains a sequence fitting the consensus sequence for gram-positive promoters.
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- P J Cluzel
- Laboratoire de Génétique Microbienne, Institut de Biotechnologie, I.N.R.A., Jouy-en-Josas, France
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Nardi M, Chopin MC, Chopin A, Cals MM, Gripon JC. Cloning and DNA sequence analysis of an X-prolyl dipeptidyl aminopeptidase gene from Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis NCDO 763. Appl Environ Microbiol 1991; 57:45-50. [PMID: 1674656 PMCID: PMC182662 DOI: 10.1128/aem.57.1.45-50.1991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis NCDO 763 (also designated ML3) possesses an X-prolyl dipeptidyl aminopeptidase (X-PDAP; EC 3.4.14.5). X-PDAP mutants were selected by an enzymatic plate assay on the basis of their inability to hydrolyze an L-phenylalanyl-L-proline-beta-naphthylamide substrate. A DNA bank from L. lactis subsp. lactis NCDO 763 was constructed in one of these X-PDAP mutants, and one clone in which the original X-PDAP phenotype was restored was detected by the enzymatic plate assay. The X-PDAP gene, designated pepXP, was further subcloned and sequenced. It codes for a protein containing 763 residues. Comparison of the amino-terminal sequence of the X-PDAP enzyme with the amino acid sequence deduced from the pepXP gene indicated that the enzyme is not subjected to posttranslational modification or exported via processing of a signal peptide. The pepXP gene from L. lactis subsp. lactis NCDO 763 in more than 99% homologous to the pepXP gene from L. lactis subsp. cremoris P8-2-47 described elsewhere (B. Mayo, J. Kok, K. Venema, W. Bockelmann, M. Teuber, H. Reinke, and G. Venema, Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 57:38-44, 1991) and is also conserved in other lactococcal strains.
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- M Nardi
- Station de Recherches Laitières Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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Chopin MC, Chopin A, Rouault A, Galleron N. Insertion and amplification of foreign genes in the Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis chromosome. Appl Environ Microbiol 1989; 55:1769-74. [PMID: 2504115 PMCID: PMC202949 DOI: 10.1128/aem.55.7.1769-1774.1989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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The plasmid pE194 is unable to replicate in Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis (formerly Streptococcus lactis). When linked to resident bacteriophage sequences, pE194 was able to integrate into the L. lactis subsp. lactis chromosome either by Campbell-like recombination or by double crossing over with deletion. Integration occurred into the DNA of the prophage and prevented its multiplication. When a selective pressure was applied to an integrant in which pE194 was flanked by two direct repeats of prophage fragment, amplification of pE194 and the prophage fragment was observed. The pE194 copy number was assessed at six to nine, and amplification was stable upon growth under nonselective conditions.
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- M C Chopin
- Institut de Biotechnologie, INRA-Domaine de Vilvert, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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Streptococcus lactis IL1403 protoplasts were transformed by plasmid pIL204 (5.5 kilobases), which conferred erythromycin resistance with an average efficiency of 5 X 10(6) transformants per microgram of supercoiled DNA. The procedure used and transformation efficiencies obtained were close to those described for Bacillus subtilis (G. Chang and S. N. Cohen, Mol. Gen. Genet. 168:111-115, 1979).
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Chopin MC, Chopin A, Rouault A, Simon D. Cloning in Streptococcus lactis of plasmid-mediated UV resistance and effect on prophage stability. Appl Environ Microbiol 1986; 51:233-7. [PMID: 3006588 PMCID: PMC238852 DOI: 10.1128/aem.51.2.233-237.1986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Plasmid pIL7 (33 kilobases) from Streptococcus lactis enhances UV resistance and prophage stability. A 5.4-kilobase pIL7 fragment carrying genes coding for both characters was cloned into S. lactis, using plasmid pHV1301 as the cloning vector. The recombinant plasmid was subsequently transferred to three other S. lactis strains by transformation or protoplast fusion. Cloned genes were expressed in all tested strains.
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Two restriction and modification systems were found in Streptococcus lactis strain IL594 which was found to contain 9 plasmids designated pIL1 to pIL9. On the basis of protoplast-induced curing experiments, we showed that a restriction and modification system was related to the presence of pIL6 or pIL7. The pIL6-determined restriction and modification system was confirmed by cotransfer of the plasmid and of the restriction and modification system to a plasmid-free, nonrestricting, and nonmodifying derivative of S. lactis IL594.
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Tubular bacteriophage heads were observed in the lysate of two phages from
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- M C Chopin
- Institut National de la Recherche Agonomique, Laboratoire de Recherches de Technologie Laitière, 35042 Rennes Cedex, and Laboratoire de Microbiologie Laitière, Centre National de la Recherche Zootechnique, 78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France
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For 17 phages active against Streptococcus cremoris, Str. lactis and Str. lactis subsp. diacetylactis, the killing efficiency of pasteurization (log No/N) at 72 degrees C for 15 s in skim-milk showed large variations from greater than 6 to 0; the efficienty of killing during spray-drying ranged from 3.7 to 0.2 and phages survived well storage of milk powder at room temperature. Destruction in a heat exchanger was found to be greater than that calculated from biphasic curves obtained by heating phages in sealed ampoules. No relationship was established between lytic classification of phages and their heat resistance.
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Chopin MC, Chopin A, Roux C. Definition of Bacteriophage Groups According to Their Lytic Action on Mesophilic Lactic Streptococci. Appl Environ Microbiol 1976; 32:741-6. [PMID: 16345180 PMCID: PMC170454 DOI: 10.1128/aem.32.6.741-746.1976] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
The lytic activity of 132 phages isolated during slow acid production in cheese factories situated in all the dairying regions of France during the past 16 years has been determined on 291 strains of mesophilic lactic streptococci. The results have been treated according to a method of analysis of data so as to establish a classification. Six groups of phages have thus been formed. Sixty-six percent of the phages studied, which are very similar and for the most part nonspecific to one species, have been gathered together in one group. On the other hand, a classification of the bacterial strains has been made on their sensitivity to the phages. Six groups, each corresponding to one of these groups of phages, have thus been defined. One of them accounts for 40% of the strains studied, of which certain ones are sensitive to a large number of phages.
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Affiliation(s)
- M C Chopin
- Laboratoire de Recherches de Technologie Laitière, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, 35042 Rennes Cedex, France
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