Exposure of Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 to Sublethal Doses of Ionizing Radiation Triggers Short-Term SOS Activation and Longer-Term Prophage Activation

Abstract

The bacterial minimum threshold of sensitivity to ionizing radiation (IR) is poorly understood, which hinders our understanding of how living systems recover from the doses of IR experienced in medical, industrial, and off-world environments. Using a transcriptome-wide approach, we studied how in the highly radiosensitive bacterium S. oneidensis , genes (including the SOS regulon and the So Lambda prophage) are activated after exposure to low doses of IR.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Mar 29, 2023
Source ID
10.1128/aem.01716-22

Entities

People

  • Jacob Blacutt
  • Lydia M Contreras
  • Philip Sweet
  • Vernita D. Gordon

Organizations

  • Defense Threat Reduction Agency
  • University of Texas at Austin

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science
  • Physics

Readers

  • Microbial Pathology
  • Molecular Biology and Genetics
  • Molecular Genetics