NDLI: The Surfactant of Legionella pneumophila Is Secreted in a TolC-Dependent Manner and Is Antagonistic toward Other Legionella Species ▿ †

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Author	Stewart, Catherine R. Burnside, Denise M. Cianciotto, Nicholas P.
Copyright Year	2011
Abstract	When Legionella pneumophila grows on agar plates, it secretes a surfactant that promotes flagellum- and pilus-independent “sliding” motility. We isolated three mutants that were defective for surfactant. The first two had mutations in genes predicted to encode cytoplasmic enzymes involved in lipid metabolism. These genes mapped to two adjacent operons that we designated bbcABCDEF and bbcGHIJK. Backcrossing and complementation confirmed the importance of the bbc genes and suggested that the Legionella surfactant is lipid containing. The third mutant had an insertion in tolC. TolC is the outer membrane part of various trimolecular complexes involved in multidrug efflux and type I protein secretion. Complementation of the tolC mutant restored sliding motility. Mutants defective for an inner membrane partner of TolC also lacked a surfactant, confirming that TolC promotes surfactant secretion. L. pneumophila (lspF) mutants lacking type II protein secretion (T2S) are also impaired for a surfactant. When the tolC and lspF mutants were grown next to each other, the lsp mutant secreted surfactant, suggesting that TolC and T2S conjoin to mediate surfactant secretion, with one being the conduit for surfactant export and the other the exporter of a molecule that is required for induction or maturation of surfactant synthesis/secretion. Although the surfactant was not required for the extracellular growth, intracellular infection, and intrapulmonary survival of L. pneumophila, it exhibited antimicrobial activity toward seven other species of Legionella but not toward various non-Legionella species. These data suggest that the surfactant provides L. pneumophila with a selective advantage over other legionellae in the natural environment.
Related Links	http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JB.05405-11
Starting Page	5971
File Format	PDF
ISSN	10985530
e-ISSN	10985530
Journal	Journal of Bacteriology
Issue Number	21
Volume Number	193
Language	English
Publisher	American Society for Microbiology
Publisher Date	2011-11-01
Access Restriction	Open
Rights Holder	American Society for Microbiology
Subject Keyword	Research in Higher Education
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Molecular Biology Microbiology

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