title: The type IV Aeromonas pilus (Tap) gene cluster is widely conserved in Aeromonas species.
abstract: Nothing is known regarding the expression or function of the type IV Aeromonas pilus (Tap), which was recently identified following the cloning of a pilus biogenesis gene cluster (tapABCD). As a first step to determine the possible significance of Tap for Aeromonas virulence, the distribution of the tapA and tapD genes in hybridization group reference strains and clinical (n=42) and environmental (n=29) isolates was determined. Homologues of tapA and tapD were present in all strains tested. Hybridization with the tapA probe enabled us to differentiate between clinical and environmental isolates of A. veronii biovar sobria.
authors: Discipline of Pathology, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, 7001, Australia.
authors: T C
authors: TC
authors: Barnett
authors: S M
authors: SM
authors: Kirov
mesh_terms: D000333:Aeromonas / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D001315:Australia; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D015342:DNA Probes / Q000737:chemistry; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D010450:Endopeptidases / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D010861:Fimbriae, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008780:Methyltransferases / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D005810:Multigene Family; D010568:Peru; D010802:Phylogeny; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013785:Thailand; D014481:United States; D014774:Virulence
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D015342:DNA Probes; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes; C109405:TapA protein, Pseudomonas; D008780:Methyltransferases; D010450:Endopeptidases; C099395:TapD protein, Aeromonas