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Temperature, by Controlling Growth Rate, Regulates CRISPR-Cas Activity in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Author(s): Høyland-Kroghsbo, Nina Molin; Muñoz, Katrina Arcelia; Bassler, Bonnie L

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Abstract: Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR)-associated (CRISPR-Cas) systems are adaptive defense systems that protect bacteria and archaea from invading genetic elements. In Pseudomonas aeruginosa, quorum sensing (QS) induces the CRISPR-Cas defense system at high cell density when the risk of bacteriophage infection is high. Here, we show that another cue, temperature, modulates P. aeruginosa CRISPR-Cas. Increased CRISPR adaptation occurs at environmental (i.e., low) temperatures compared to that at body (i.e., high) temperature. This increase is a consequence of the accumulation of CRISPR-Cas complexes, coupled with reduced P. aeruginosa growth rate at the lower temperature, the latter of which provides additional time prior to cell division for CRISPR-Cas to patrol the cell and successfully eliminate and/or acquire immunity to foreign DNA. Analyses of a QS mutant and synthetic QS compounds show that the QS and temperature cues act synergistically. The diversity and level of phage encountered by P. aeruginosa in the environment exceed that in the human body, presumably warranting increased reliance on CRISPR-Cas at environmental temperatures.
Publication Date: 13-Nov-2018
Citation: Høyland-Kroghsbo, Nina Molin, Muñoz, Katrina Arcelia, Bassler, Bonnie L. (2018). Temperature, by Controlling Growth Rate, Regulates CRISPR-Cas Activity in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.. mBio, 9 (6), 10.1128/mBio.02184-18
DOI: doi:10.1128/mBio.02184-18
ISSN: 2150-7511
EISSN: 2150-7511
Pages: 1 - 12
Language: eng
Type of Material: Journal Article
Journal/Proceeding Title: mBio
Version: Final published version. Article is made available in OAR by the publisher's permission or policy.



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