scholarly journals Comparative analysis of conserved genetic markers and adjacent DNA regions identified in beer-spoilage lactic acid bacteria

2004 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 240-245 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Suzuki ◽  
K. Ozaki ◽  
H. Yamashita
2005 ◽  
Vol 71 (9) ◽  
pp. 5089-5097 ◽  
Author(s):  
Koji Suzuki ◽  
Kazumaru Iijima ◽  
Kazutaka Ozaki ◽  
Hiroshi Yamashita

ABSTRACT We have isolated a hop-sensitive variant of the beer spoilage bacterium Lactobacillus lindneri DSM 20692. The variant lost a plasmid carrying two contiguous open reading frames (ORF s) designated horB L and horC L that encode a putative regulator and multidrug transporter presumably belonging to the resistance-nodulation-cell division superfamily. The loss of hop resistance ability occurred with the loss of resistance to other drugs, including ethidium bromide, novobiocin, and cetyltrimethylammonium bromide. PCR and Southern blot analysis using 51 beer spoilage strains of various species of lactic acid bacteria (LAB) revealed that 49 strains possessed homologs of horB and horC. No false-positive results have been observed for nonspoilage LAB or frequently encountered brewery isolates. These features are superior to those of horA and ORF 5, previously reported genetic markers for determining the beer spoilage ability of LAB. It was further shown that the combined use of horB/horC and horA is able to detect all 51 beer spoilage strains examined in this study. Furthermore sequence comparison of horB and horC homologs identified in four different beer spoilage species indicates these homologs are 96.6 to 99.5% identical, which is not typical of distinct species. The wide and exclusive distribution of horB and horC homologs among beer spoilage LAB and their sequence identities suggest that the hop resistance ability of beer spoilage LAB has been acquired through horizontal gene transfer. These insights provide a foundation for applying trans-species genetic markers to differentiating beer spoilage LAB including previously unencountered species.


2007 ◽  
Vol 102 (4) ◽  
pp. 314-322
Author(s):  
Koji SUZUKI ◽  
Kazumaru IIJIMA ◽  
Shizuka ASANO ◽  
Hidetoshi KURIYAMA ◽  
Yasushi KITAGAWA

2007 ◽  
Vol 104 (4) ◽  
pp. 334-338 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shizuka Asano ◽  
Koji Suzuki ◽  
Kazumaru Iijima ◽  
Yasuo Motoyama ◽  
Hidetoshi Kuriyama ◽  
...  

2009 ◽  
Vol 108 (2) ◽  
pp. 124-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shizuka Asano ◽  
Kazumaru Iijima ◽  
Koji Suzuki ◽  
Yasuo Motoyama ◽  
Tomoo Ogata ◽  
...  

2008 ◽  
Vol 104 (5) ◽  
pp. 1458-1470 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Suzuki ◽  
S. Asano ◽  
K. Iijima ◽  
H. Kuriyama ◽  
Y. Kitagawa

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