PMID: 9555894Apr 29, 1998Paper

Transformation of Rickettsia prowazekii to rifampin resistance

Journal of Bacteriology
L I RachekD O Wood

Abstract

Rickettsia prowazekii, the causative agent of epidemic typhus, is an obligate intracellular parasitic bacterium that grows directly within the cytoplasm of the eucaryotic host cell. The absence of techniques for genetic manipulation hampers the study of this organism's unique biology and pathogenic mechanisms. To establish the feasibility of genetic manipulation in this organism, we identified a specific mutation in the rickettsial rpoB gene that confers resistance to rifampin and used it to demonstrate allelic exchange in R. prowazekii. Comparison of the rpoB sequences from the rifampin-sensitive (Rifs) Madrid E strain and a rifampin-resistant (Rifr) mutant identified a single point mutation that results in an arginine-to-lysine change at position 546 of the R. prowazekii RNA polymerase beta subunit. A plasmid containing this mutation and two additional silent mutations created in codons flanking the Lys-546 codon was introduced into the Rifs Madrid E strain of R. prowazekii by electroporation, and in the presence of rifampin, resistant rickettsiae were selected. Transformation, via homologous recombination, was demonstrated by DNA sequencing of PCR products containing the three mutations in the Rifr region of rickettsial rpoB...Continue Reading

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