The CLO3403/CLO3404 two-component system of clostridium botulinum e1 beluga is important for cold shock response and growth at low temperatures

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In order to survive a temperature downshift, bacteria have to sense the changing environment and adjust their metabolism and structure. Two-component signal transduction systems (TCSs) play a central role in sensing and responding to many different environmental stimuli. Although the nonproteolytic (group II) Clostridium botulinum represents a major hazard in chilled foods, the cold adaption mechanisms of group II C. botulinum organisms are not known. Here, we show that the CLO3403/ CLO3404 TCS of C. botulinum E1 Beluga is involved in the cold shock response and growth at 12°C. Cold shock induced the expression of the genes encoding the histidine kinase (clo3403) and the response regulator (clo3404) by more than 100-fold after 5 h relative to their expression in a nonshocked culture at the corresponding time point. The involvement of CLO3403/CLO3404 in growth at low temperature was demonstrated by impaired growth of the insertional clo3403 and clo3404 knockout mutants at 12°C compared to the growth of the wild-type culture. Additionally, the inactivation of clo3403 had a negative effect on motility. The growth efficiency at 12°C of the TCS mutants and the motility of the kinase mutants were restored by introducing a plasmid harboring the operon of the CLO3403/CLO3404 TCS. The results suggest that the CLO3403/CLO3404 TCS is important for the cold tolerance of C. botulinum E1 Beluga. © 2014, American Society for Microbiology.

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Mascher, G., Derman, Y., Kirk, D. G., Palonen, E., Lindström, M., & Korkeala, H. (2014). The CLO3403/CLO3404 two-component system of clostridium botulinum e1 beluga is important for cold shock response and growth at low temperatures. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 80(1), 399–407. https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.03204-13

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