The Wsp intermembrane complex mediates metabolic control of the swim-attach decision of Pseudomonas putida

Environmental Microbiology
Ángeles Hueso-GilVíctor de Lorenzo

Abstract

Pseudomonas putida is a microorganism of biotechnological interest that-similar to many other environmental bacteria-adheres to surfaces and forms biofilms. Although various mechanisms contributing to the swim-attach decision have been studied in this species, the role of a 7-gene operon homologous to the wsp cluster of Pseudomonas aeruginosa-which regulates cyclic di-GMP (cdGMP) levels upon surface contact-remained to be investigated. In this work, the function of the wsp operon of P. putida KT2440 has been characterized through inspection of single and multiple wsp deletion variants, complementation with Pseudomonas aeruginosa's homologues, combined with mutations of regulatory genes fleQ and fleN and removal of the flagellar regulator fglZ. The ability of the resulting strains to form biofilms at 6 and 24 h under three different carbon regimes (citrate, glucose and fructose) revealed that the Wsp complex delivers a similar function to both Pseudomonas species. In P. putida, the key components include WspR, a protein that harbours the domain for producing cdGMP, and WspF, which controls its activity. These results not only contribute to a deeper understanding of the network that regulates the sessile-planktonic decision of P....Continue Reading

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