Induction of prophages of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 with norfloxacin

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作者
Matsushiro, A [1 ]
Sato, K
Miyamoto, H
Yamamura, T
Honda, T
机构
[1] Kinki Univ, Dept Mol Genet, Sch Biol Oriented Sci & Technol, Wakayama 6496493, Japan
[2] Osaka Univ, Microbial Dis Res Inst, Osaka 5650871, Japan
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10.1128/JB.181.7.2257-2260.1999
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
Norfloxacin (NFLX) caused induction of prophages VT1 and VT2 of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157 at subinhibitory concentrations. In time course experiments, we observed the folloing, sequential events: upon induction, the phage genomes underwent multiplication; the amount of sa genes increased; and subsequently, large quantities of toxins VT1 and VT2 were produced. Further studies showed that the molecular mechanism of prophage induction is closely related to the RecA system since the prophage VT2 was not induced with NFLX in a recA mutant strain.
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