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J Bacteriol

Title:		Evidence that the hemolysin/bacteriocin phenotype of Enterococcus faecalis subsp. zymogenes can be determined by plasmids in different incompatibility groups as well as by the chromosome
Author(s):		Ike Y; Clewell DB;
Address:		"Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Gunma University, Maebashi, Japan"
Journal Title:		J Bacteriol
Year:		1992
Volume:		174
Issue:		24
Page Number:		8172 - 8177
DOI:		10.1128/jb.174.24.8172-8177.1992
ISSN/ISBN:		0021-9193 (Print) 1098-5530 (Electronic) 0021-9193 (Linking)
Abstract:		"The hemolysin (Hly/Bac) determinant in strains of Enterococcus faecalis was found to be present on plasmids in different incompatibility groups (conferring different sex pheromone responses) as well as on the chromosome. Of 33 Hly/Bac plasmids identified in clinical isolates, the related pheromone for 30 was cAD1; the related pheromone for another two (pYI1 and pYI3) or one (pYI2) was cOB1 or cY12, respectively. The representative Hly/Bac plasmids pAD1, pYI1, pOB1, and pYI2, which responded to pheromones cAD1, cOB1, cOB1, and cYI2, respectively, were compatible with one another. As additions to the incompatibility group IncHly of pAD1, groups for pOB1, pYI1, and pYI2 were designated IncHlyII, IncHlyIII, and IncHlyIV, respectively. Eleven of the 30 plasmids conferring a response to cAD1 were very similar to pAD1 on the basis of their restriction endonuclease profiles. EcoRI fragment D, F, or H containing parts of the Hly/Bac gene(s) of pAD1 hybridized to similar EcoRI fragments from each of the other three representatives of incompatibility groups (i.e., pOB1, pYI1, and pYI2) and to homologous DNA representing the chromosome of the plasmid-free Hly/Bac strain YI6-1"
Keywords:		"Bacteriocins/*genetics/metabolism Blotting, Southern *Chromosomes, Bacterial Enterococcus faecalis/*genetics/radiation effects Phenotype Pheromones/metabolism *Plasmids Ultraviolet Rays;"
Notes:		"MedlineIke, Y Clewell, D B eng AI10318/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ GM33956/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. 1992/12/01 J Bacteriol. 1992 Dec; 174(24):8172-7. doi: 10.1128/jb.174.24.8172-8177.1992"