| Range |
~5×10^8 spores/ml
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| Organism |
Bacteria Bacillus anthracis |
| Reference |
Fortier LC, Sekulovic O. Importance of prophages to evolution and virulence of bacterial pathogens. Virulence. 2013 Jul 1 4(5):354-65. doi: 10.4161/viru.24498 p.361 right column bottom paragraphPubMed ID23611873
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| Primary Source |
[42] Schuch R, Fischetti VA. The secret life of the anthrax agent Bacillus anthracis: bacteriophage-mediated ecological adaptations. PLoS One. 2009 Aug 12 4(8):e6532. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006532PubMed ID19672290
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| Method |
Primary source [42] abstract: "Using both laboratory and environmental B. anthracis strains, [investigators] show that lysogeny can block or promote sporulation depending on the phage, induce exopolysaccharide expression and biofilm formation, and enable the long-term colonization of both an artificial soil environment and the intestinal tract of the invertebrate redworm, Eisenia fetida." |
| Comments |
P.361 right column bottom paragraph: "Findings by Schuch and Fischetti
revealed that some of the prophages were able to profoundly alter the sporulating capacity of the bacterium in broth cultures (primary source). For
example, after 1 d of incubation at 37 °C under good aeration, the ΔSterne strain produced about 5 × 10^8 spores/ml whereas lysogens carrying Wip4, Wip5, or Frp1 prophages did not sporulate (<10 spores/ml)." See primary source p.5 table 2 |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
117015 |