title: Bacterial responses to photo-oxidative stress.
abstract: Singlet oxygen is one of several reactive oxygen species that can destroy biomolecules, microorganisms and other cells. Traditionally, the response to singlet oxygen has been termed photo-oxidative stress, as light-dependent processes in photosynthetic cells are major biological sources of singlet oxygen. Recent work identifying a core set of singlet oxygen stress response genes across various bacterial species highlights the importance of this response for survival by both photosynthetic and non-photosynthetic cells. Here, we review how bacterial cells mount a transcriptional response to photo-oxidative stress in the context of what is known about bacterial stress responses to other reactive oxygen species.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1550 Linden Drive, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA.
authors.forename: Eva C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Ziegelhoffer
authors.forename: Timothy J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Donohue
mesh_terms: D000975:Antioxidants / Q000494:pharmacology; D001419:Bacteria / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D004249:DNA Damage; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D008027:Light; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis; D018384:Oxidative Stress / Q000502:physiology*; D010100:Oxygen / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D010777:Photochemistry; D010788:Photosynthesis / Q000502:physiology; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000378:metabolism*; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species; D010100:Oxygen