Effects of Growth Inhibitors and Ultraviolet Irradiation on F Pili

Author:

Novotny Charles P.1,Taylor Paula F.1,Lavin Karen1

Affiliation:

1. Department of Medical Microbiology, College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont 05401

Abstract

The effects of chloramphenicol, nalidixic acid, mitomycin C, NaCN, and ultraviolet irradiation at 253.7 nm on F pili production by Escherichia coli cells was studied by electron microscopy. The results show that cells contain pools of pili protein, and that assembly does not require synthesis of protein or deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). NaCN (2 × 10 −2 m ) prevents the reappearance of pili and causes existing pili to disappear quickly from the cell surface. This suggests that energy is used in the assembly of pili and to retain pili on the cell. Cells irradiated with high doses (10 4 ergs/mm 2 ) of 253. 7 nm light produce fewer pili, and these are shorter than normal. Dose-response curves for number of pili per cell and length of pili resemble single hit kinetics, showing 37% survival at 10 4 ergs/mm 2 and 2 × 10 4 ergs/mm 2 , respectively. This suggests that DNA is at the site where pili are produced, and that it may be involved in the assembly of pili.

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Molecular Biology,Microbiology

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