A Functional cra Gene Is Required for Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Virulence in BALB/c Mice

Author:

Allen James H.1,Utley Maryjane1,van den Bosch Han2,Nuijten Piet2,Witvliet Maarten2,McCormick Beth A.3,Krogfelt Karen A.4,Licht Tine Rask5,Brown Derek6,Mauel Michael1,Leatham Mary P.1,Laux David C.1,Cohen Paul S.1

Affiliation:

1. Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Genetics, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island 028811;

2. Bacteriological and Immunological Research and Development, Intervet International, 5830 AA Boxmeer, The Netherlands2;

3. Combined Program in Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts 021203;

4. Department of Gastrointestinal Infections, Statens Seruminstitut, 2300 Copenhagen,4 and

5. Department of Microbiology, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Lyngby,5 Denmark; and

6. Scottish Salmonella Reference Laboratory, Stobhill NHS Trust, Glasgow G21 3UW, Scotland6

Abstract

ABSTRACT A minitransposon mutant of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium SR-11, SR-11 Fad , is unable to utilize gluconeogenic substrates as carbon sources and is avirulent and immunogenic when administered perorally to BALB/c mice (M. J. Utley et al., FEMS Microbiol. Lett., 163:129–134, 1998). Here, evidence is presented that the mutation in SR-11 Fad that renders the strain avirulent is in the cra gene, which encodes the Cra protein, a regulator of central carbon metabolism.

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Immunology,Microbiology,Parasitology

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