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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, April 2004, p. 2520-2524, Vol. 70, No. 4
0099-2240/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.4.2520-2524.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Vibrio fischeri {sigma}54 Controls Motility, Biofilm Formation, Luminescence, and Colonization

Alan J. Wolfe,1 Deborah S. Millikan,2 Joy M. Campbell,1 and Karen L. Visick1*

Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, Illinois 60153,1 Pacific Biomedical Research Center, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 968132

Received 19 September 2003/ Accepted 29 December 2003

In this study, we demonstrated that the putative Vibrio fischeri rpoN gene, which encodes {sigma}54, controls flagellar biogenesis, biofilm development, and bioluminescence. We also show that rpoN plays a requisite role initiating the symbiotic association of V. fischeri with juveniles of the squid Euprymna scolopes.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Loyola University Chicago, 2160 S. First Ave., Bldg. 105, Rm. 3860A, Maywood, IL 60153. Phone: (708) 216-0869. Fax: (708) 216-9574. E-mail: kvisick{at}lumc.edu.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, April 2004, p. 2520-2524, Vol. 70, No. 4
0099-2240/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.4.2520-2524.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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