Shelley N-M Thai, Michelle R Lum, Jeanine Naegle, Michael Onofre, Hassan Abdulla, Allison Garcia, Andreh Fiterz, Ashley Arnell, Thuthiri T Lwin, Aaron Kavanaugh, Zade Hikmat, Nora Garabedian, Ryan Toan Ngo, Brenda Dimaya, Adan Escamilla, Luiza Barseghyan, Maria Shibatsuji, Salma Soltani, Luke Butcher, Firas Hikmat, Dro Amirian, Artin Bazikyan, Nathan Brandt, Mary Sarkisian, Xavier Munoz, Andrew Ovakimyan, Emily Burnett, Jennifer Ngoc Pham, Ania Shirvanian, Roberto Hernandez, Maria Vardapetyan, Matthew Wada, Cuauhtemoc Ramirez, Martin Zakarian, Fabrizio Billi
FlhDC is a heterohexameric complex that acts as a master regulator of flagellar biosynthesis genes in numerous bacteria. Previous studies have identified a single flhDC operon encoding this complex. However, we found that two flhDC loci are present throughout Paraburkholderia and two additional flhC copies also present in P. unamae. Systematic deletion analysis in P. unamae of the different flhDC copies showed that one of the operons, flhDC1 , plays the predominant role, with deletion of its genes resulting in a severe inhibition of motility and biofilm formation...
September 20, 2021: Journal of Bacteriology