Role of flagella in virulence of the coral pathogen Vibrio coralliilyticus.
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.
Meron
Dalit
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The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan 52900, Israel.
Efrony
Rotem
R
Johnson
Wesley R
WR
Schaefer
Amy L
AL
Morris
Pamela J
PJ
Rosenberg
Eugene
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Greenberg
E Peter
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Banin
Ehud
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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
D004251:DNA Transposable Elements