title: Vibrio fischeri sigma54 controls motility, biofilm formation, luminescence, and colonization.
abstract: In this study, we demonstrated that the putative Vibrio fischeri rpoN gene, which encodes sigma(54), controls flagellar biogenesis, biofilm development, and bioluminescence. We also show that rpoN plays a requisite role initiating the symbiotic association of V. fischeri with juveniles of the squid Euprymna scolopes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, Illinois 60153, USA.
authors.forename: Alan J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Wolfe
authors.forename: Deborah S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Millikan
authors.forename: Joy M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Campbell
authors.forename: Karen L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Visick
mesh_terms: D018441:Biofilms / Q000254:growth & development; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D012321:DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D007501:Iron / Q000378:metabolism; D049449:Luminescence; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009068:Movement; D009154:Mutation; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000378:metabolism; D010957:Plasmids / Q000235:genetics; D051877:RNA Polymerase Sigma 54; D012808:Sigma Factor / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D014733:Vibrio / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D012808:Sigma Factor; D007501:Iron; D012321:DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases; D051877:RNA Polymerase Sigma 54; D009584:Nitrogen