NDLI: Cultivation-Based Assessment of Lysogeny Among Soil Bacteria

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Author	Williamson, Kurt E. Schnitker, Jennifer B. Radosevich, Mark Smith, David W. Wommack, K. Eric
Copyright Year	2008
Abstract	Lysogeny has long been proposed as an important long-term maintenance strategy for autochthonous soil bacteriophages (phages). Whole genome sequence data indicate that prophage-derived sequences pervade prokaryotic genomes, but the connection between inferred prophage sequence and an active temperate phage is tenuous. Thus, definitive evidence of phage production from lysogenic prokaryotes will be critical in determining the presence and extent of temperate phage diversity existing as prophage within bacterial genomes and within environmental contexts such as soils. This study optimized methods for systematic and definitive determination of lysogeny within a collection of autochthonous soil bacteria. Twenty bacterial isolates from a range of Delaware soil environments (five from each soil) were treated with the inducing agents mitomycin C (MC) or UV light. Six isolates (30%) carried inducible temperate phages as evidenced by an increase in virus direct counts. The magnitude of induction response was highly dependent upon specific induction conditions, and corresponding burst sizes ranged from 1 to 176. Treatment with MC for 30 min yielded the largest induction responses for three of the six lysogens. Morphological analysis revealed that four of the lysogens produced lambda-like Siphoviridae particles, whereas two produced Myoviridae particles. Additionally, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis data indicated that two of the six lysogens were polylysogens, producing more than one distinct type of phage particle. These results suggest that lysogeny is relatively common among soil bacteria.
Starting Page	437
Ending Page	447
Page Count	11
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00953628
Journal	Microbial Ecology
Volume Number	56
Issue Number	3
e-ISSN	1432184X
Language	English
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Publisher Date	2008-03-06
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Nature Conservation Geoecology/Natural Processes Microbial Ecology Ecology Microbiology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Soil Science Ecology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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