Bacteria-Host Relationships commensals opportunistic pathogens primary pathogens
Bacteria-Host Relationships commensals opportunistic pathogens primary pathogens
Genetic differences between pathogens and non-pathogens 1.Genes present in pathogens, absent in non-pathogens. 2.Genes present in non-pathogens, absent in pathogens. 3.Allelic differences in genes present in pathogens and non-pathogens. 4.Differences in regulation and expression of identical genes present in pathogens and non-pathogens.
Copyright ©2004 by the National Academy of Sciences Hoffmaster, Alex R. et al. (2004) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 101, Fig. 3. B. cereus G9241 capsule Bacillus anthracis
Copyright ©2004 by the National Academy of Sciences Hoffmaster, Alex R. et al. (2004) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 101, Fig. 2. Unrooted, neighbor-joining tree derived from multiple-locus sequence typing of B. cereus G9241 and other Bacillus spp Relationship of B. anthracis to B. cereus
Plasmids of B. anthracis pXO1pXO2 cya atxA pagA pagR lefcapBCA acpA ++ chromosomal spo gene - toxinscapsule
Copyright ©2004 by the National Academy of Sciences Hoffmaster, Alex R. et al. (2004) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 101, Fig. 1. (A-B) Circular representations of the plasmids of B. cereus G9241 Lethal toxin plasmid in B. cereus
Similarity between type III and flagellar assembly
Type III
Ruffling triggered by Shigella
Invasion and Spread of Shigella
Shigella Actin Comets
Shigella-mediated actin polymerization
Autotransporter OM Insertion and Secretion
Deletion of cabA enhances virulence of Shigella E. coli strains have cabA (lysine decarboxylase) Shigella strains are deleted for the cabA region cabA attenuates virulence “Black Holes”
Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans (Aa)
Adherence-associated phenotypes of Aa LAP strain CU1000
The complete tight adherence locus 13 of 14 genes are required for adherence and fibril biogenesis flp-1 rcpC tadV rcpBrcpA flp-2 tadZtadGtadFtadDtadCtadBtadAtadE
RcpA Flp-1 TadZ TadB TadC TadV TadA Model for the tad Type II Secretion System
Fibril matrix for Aa adherence
Adherent Aa colonies
Yp Pm Sm Ct Hd Ps Pa Aa Af Cc Sm pSym Ml Cl Bp At Ml Mb Mt Cd Sc Aa Pm Hd Yp
plasmids
tad Loci in Other Bacteria Caulobacter crescentus - pili Haemophilus ducreyi - chancroid Pasteurella multocida - virulence Vibrio fischeri - colonization of squid light organ Vibrio vulnificus - shellfish, virulence