title: Role of flagella in virulence of the coral pathogen Vibrio coralliilyticus.
abstract: A recently available transposition system was utilized to isolate a nonmotile mutant of the coral-bleaching pathogen Vibrio coralliilyticus. The mutation was localized to the fhlA gene, and the mutant lacked flagella. The flhA mutant was unable to exhibit chemotaxis toward coral mucus or to adhere to corals and subsequently cause infection.
authors: The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan 52900, Israel.
authors: Dalit
authors: D
authors: Meron
authors: Rotem
authors: R
authors: Efrony
authors: Wesley R
authors: WR
authors: Johnson
authors: Amy L
authors: AL
authors: Schaefer
authors: Pamela J
authors: PJ
authors: Morris
authors: Eugene
authors: E
authors: Rosenberg
authors: E Peter
authors: EP
authors: Greenberg
authors: Ehud
authors: E
authors: Banin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D037421:Anthozoa / Q000382:microbiology*; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D005407:Flagella / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D055786:Gene Knockout Techniques; D023061:Gene Order; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D008124:Locomotion; D016254:Mutagenesis, Insertional / Q000379:methods; D014733:Vibrio / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D014774:Virulence
chemical_list: D004251:DNA Transposable Elements