Fatty Acids Composition and Biofilm Production of Attenuated Salmonella typhimurium dam and seqA Mutants After Exposure to UV-C

Curr Microbiol. 2015 Oct;71(4):471-5. doi: 10.1007/s00284-015-0858-y. Epub 2015 Jun 19.

Abstract

The goal of this work was the investigation of correlation between some peculiarities of membrane fatty acids composition, biofilm formation, and motility of dam and/or seqA mutants in Salmonella typhimurium bacterial cells and UV-C radiations. The exposure changed the fatty acids composition of dam and seqA/dam strains. Significant increase of unsaturated fatty acids was observed. Swarming and swimming were enhanced only in dam mutant and biofilm formation increased significantly in all tested strains after UV-C exposure. These results suggest that increased sensitivity toward UV-C rays in dam strains might be due to fatty acid alteration.

MeSH terms

  • Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / genetics
  • Biofilms / growth & development*
  • Cytosol / chemistry
  • DNA-Binding Proteins / genetics
  • Fatty Acids / analysis*
  • Locomotion
  • Mutation
  • Salmonella typhimurium / chemistry
  • Salmonella typhimurium / pathogenicity
  • Salmonella typhimurium / physiology*
  • Salmonella typhimurium / radiation effects*
  • Site-Specific DNA-Methyltransferase (Adenine-Specific) / genetics
  • Ultraviolet Rays*

Substances

  • Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins
  • DNA-Binding Proteins
  • Fatty Acids
  • Dam methyltransferase
  • Site-Specific DNA-Methyltransferase (Adenine-Specific)