Reporter genes and fluorescent probes for studying the colonisation of biofilms in a drinking water supply line by enteric bacteria
Reporter genes and fluorescent probes for studying the colonisation of biofilms in a drinking water supply line by enteric bacteria
Biofilms containing diverse microflora were developed on bitumen-painted steel and glass tiles suspended in a chemostat model of a water distribution system. Escherichia coli, taken from a naturally occurring biofilm, was transformed with a plasmid containing the anaerobically induced nirB promoter fused to the lacZ reporter gene. The resulting transformant, PRB1, was introduced into the chemostat. After 7 and 13 days, an E. coli strain with an anaerobically induced Lac+ phenotype was present in the biofilm. Development of an episcopic differential interference contrast technique combined with UV fluorescence microscopy enabled the simultaneous visualization of E. coli in the biofilm using a fluorescent probe to detect expression of the gusA reporter gene and a lacZ fluorescent probe to monitor anaerobic expression of β-galactosidase from pnirB.
Anaerobic regulation, Biofilm, Differential interference contrast microscopy, Escherichia coli, Escherichia coli nirB promoter, Fluorescence microscopy, gusA reporter gene, lacZ reporter gene
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Robinson, P. J.
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Walker, J. T.
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Keevil, C. W.
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Cole, J.
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15 June 1995
Robinson, P. J.
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Walker, J. T.
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Keevil, C. W.
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Cole, J.
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Robinson, P. J., Walker, J. T., Keevil, C. W. and Cole, J.
(1995)
Reporter genes and fluorescent probes for studying the colonisation of biofilms in a drinking water supply line by enteric bacteria.
FEMS Microbiology Letters, 129 (2-3), .
(doi:10.1016/0378-1097(95)00155-X).
Abstract
Biofilms containing diverse microflora were developed on bitumen-painted steel and glass tiles suspended in a chemostat model of a water distribution system. Escherichia coli, taken from a naturally occurring biofilm, was transformed with a plasmid containing the anaerobically induced nirB promoter fused to the lacZ reporter gene. The resulting transformant, PRB1, was introduced into the chemostat. After 7 and 13 days, an E. coli strain with an anaerobically induced Lac+ phenotype was present in the biofilm. Development of an episcopic differential interference contrast technique combined with UV fluorescence microscopy enabled the simultaneous visualization of E. coli in the biofilm using a fluorescent probe to detect expression of the gusA reporter gene and a lacZ fluorescent probe to monitor anaerobic expression of β-galactosidase from pnirB.
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Accepted/In Press date: 14 April 1995
e-pub ahead of print date: 1 June 1995
Published date: 15 June 1995
Keywords:
Anaerobic regulation, Biofilm, Differential interference contrast microscopy, Escherichia coli, Escherichia coli nirB promoter, Fluorescence microscopy, gusA reporter gene, lacZ reporter gene
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/431342
ISSN: 0378-1097
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