Role of flagella in virulence of the coral pathogen Vibrio coralliilyticus

Dalit Meron; Rotem Efrony; Wesley R. Johnson; Amy L. Schaefer; Pamela J. Morris; Eugene Rosenberg; E. Peter Greenberg; Ehud Banin

doi:10.1128/AEM.00198-09

Role of flagella in virulence of the coral pathogen Vibrio coralliilyticus

Dalit Meron, Rotem Efrony, Wesley R. Johnson, Amy L. Schaefer, Pamela J. Morris, Eugene Rosenberg, E. Peter Greenberg, Ehud Banin

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	5704-5707
Number of pages	4
Journal	Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Volume	75
Issue number	17
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.00198-09
State	Published - Sep 2009
Externally published	Yes

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