The type IX secretion system is required for virulence of the fish pathogen Flavobacterium psychrophilum - Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
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The type IX secretion system is required for virulence of the fish pathogen Flavobacterium psychrophilum

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Flavobacterium psychrophilum causes bacterial cold-water disease in wild and aquaculture-reared fish and is a major problem for salmonid aquaculture. The mechanisms responsible for cold-water disease are not known. It was recently demonstrated that the related fish pathogen, Flavobacterium columnare, requires a functional type IX protein secretion system (T9SS) to cause disease. T9SSs secrete cell surface adhesins, gliding motility proteins, peptidases, and other enzymes, any of which may be virulence factors. The F. psychrophilum genome has genes predicted to encode components of a T9SS. Here, we used a SacB-mediated gene deletion technique recently adapted for use in the Bacteroidetes to delete a core F. psychrophilum T9SS gene, gldN. The ΔgldN mutant cells were deficient for secretion of many proteins in comparison to wild-type cells. Complementation of the mutant with wild-type gldN on a plasmid restored secretion. Compared to wild-type and complemented strains, the ΔgldN mutant was deficient in adhesion, gliding motility, and extracellular proteolytic and hemolytic activities. The ΔgldN mutant exhibited reduced virulence in rainbow trout and complementation restored virulence, suggesting that the T9SS plays an important role in the disease.
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hal-02936624 , version 1 (11-09-2020)

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Paul Barbier, Tatiana Rochat, Haitham H Mohammed, Gregory D Wiens, Jean-François Bernardet, et al.. The type IX secretion system is required for virulence of the fish pathogen Flavobacterium psychrophilum. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2020, 86 (16), ⟨10.1128/AEM.00799-20⟩. ⟨hal-02936624⟩
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