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Med Dosw Mikrobiol

Title:		[Flow cytometric analysys of Enterococcus faecalis pAD1(-) strains response to cAD1 pheromone]
Author(s):		Jarzembowski T; Bryl E; Galinski J; Witkowski JM;
Address:		Katedra i Zaklad Mikrobiologii Lekarskiej AMG
Journal Title:		Med Dosw Mikrobiol
Year:		2005
Volume:		57
Issue:		3
Page Number:		263 - 268
DOI:
ISSN/ISBN:		0025-8601 (Print) 0025-8601 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Conjugative plasmids transfer in Enterococcus faecalis is inducted by sex pheromones. The pheromone is excreted by recipient cells and induces expression of aggregation protein AS in donor cells. This protein is involved in formation of matting aggregates. Use of flow cytometry and anti-As monoclonal antibodies allowed collect of interesting data pheromone response. However, according to our knowledge, no study focused on unspecific influence on particular pheromone for plasmid-free recipient strains. Six pAD1 (-) and tree pAD1 (+) Enterococcus faecalis stains were cultivated for 18h in BHI, with and without cAD1 pheromone (Sigma, Germany), respectively. The bacteria were washed, stained with carboksyfluorescein (FCDA, and analyzed by flow cytometry in FACS BD scan cytometr. Relative fluorescence and size of aggregation was used to compare influence on particular strains. Surprisingly, the results shows divergence in fluorescence, size of aggregates and degree of correlation between fluorescence of aggregates and their sizes among pAD1(-) strains, allowing for distinguish of two groups. Three of studied strains have higher fluorescence than pAD (+) stains. Correlation between fluorescence and size of aggregates, significant higher than in pAD1(+) stains, decrease from r = 0.88 to r=0.74 in reaction to cAD1. The strains if other group fluorize with lower intensity than pAD1 (+). Furthermore, 30.4% pAD1 (-) of second group have no detectable fluorescence. In contrast to pAD1 (-) ) strains of the first group and pA1 (+) strains, low (r=0.55) correlation between fluorescence and size of aggregates of group II increase up to r=0.74 after incubation with cAD1 pheromone. Previous study of these pAD1 (-) strains, currently assigned to group II, shown their low frequency of collecting aph2' gene encoded on other conjugative plasmid, pMG. According to these results, such flow cytometric analysis may be used to predict ability of strain to collect unrelated conjugative plasmid"
Keywords:		Enterococcus faecalis/*classification/*physiology Flow Cytometry Oligopeptides/*metabolism Sex Attractants/*metabolism Species Specificity;
Notes:		"MedlineJarzembowski, Tomasz Bryl, Ewa Galinski, Janusz Witkowski, Jacek M pol English Abstract Poland 2006/02/24 Med Dosw Mikrobiol. 2005; 57(3):263-8"