Three Distinct Contact-Dependent Growth Inhibition Systems Mediate Interbacterial Competition by the Cystic Fibrosis Pathogen Burkholderia dolosa

Journal of Bacteriology
Andrew I Perault, Peggy A Cotter

Abstract

The respiratory tracts of individuals afflicted with cystic fibrosis (CF) harbor complex polymicrobial communities. By an unknown mechanism, species of the Gram-negative Burkholderia cepacia complex, such as Burkholderia dolosa, can displace other bacteria in the CF lung, causing cepacia syndrome, which has a poor prognosis. The genome of Bdolosa strain AU0158 (BdAU0158) contains three loci that are predicted to encode contact-dependent growth inhibition (CDI) systems. CDI systems function by translocating the toxic C terminus of a large exoprotein directly into target cells, resulting in growth inhibition or death unless the target cells produce a cognate immunity protein. We demonstrate here that each of the three bcpAIOB loci in BdAU0158 encodes a distinct CDI system that mediates interbacterial competition in an allele-specific manner. While only two of the three bcpAIOB loci were expressed under the in vitro conditions tested, the third conferred immunity under these conditions due to the presence of an internal promoter driving expression of the bcpI gene. One BdAU0158 bcpAIOB allele is highly similar to bcpAIOB in Burkholderia thailandensis strain E264 (BtE264), and we showed that their BcpI proteins are functionally int...Continue Reading

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