Complementation of a Treponema denticola flgE Mutant with a Novel Coumermycin A1-Resistant T. denticola Shuttle Vector System

AUTOR(ES)

Chi, Bo

FONTE

American Society for Microbiology

RESUMO

By using the mutated gyrB gene from a spontaneous coumermycin A1-resistant Treponema denticola, an Escherichia coli-T. denticola shuttle vector that renders T. denticola resistant to coumermycin was constructed. The complete T. denticola flgE gene was cloned into the shuttle vector pKMCou, and the vector was transformed into the T. denticola ATCC 33520 flgE erythromycin-resistant knockout mutant HL210. The coumermycin-resistant transformants were motile and restored FlgE activity. This complementation system should prove useful in studying the virulence factors of T. denticola and uncultivable pathogenic spirochetes.

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