Acta Veterinaria et Zootechnica Sinica ›› 2021, Vol. 52 ›› Issue (11): 3312-3316.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2021.011.032

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Construction and Biological Characteristics Analysis of clpV2 Gene Mutant in Avian Pathogenic Escherichia coli

ZHONG Haoran1,2, WANG Peili1,2, GUO Jia1,2, WANG Heng1,2, ZHU Guoqiang1,2, LI Jianji1,2, CUI Luying1,2, DONG Junsheng1,2, MENG Xia1,2*   

  1. 1. College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University;Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for the Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou 225009, China;
    2. Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, the Ministry of Education of China, Yangzhou 225009, China
  • Received:2021-02-03 Online:2021-11-23 Published:2021-11-24

Abstract: This study was conducted to investigate the biological characteristics of the clpV2 gene in the type VI secretion system 2 (T6SS2) from avian pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC). The clpV2 deleted strain was constructed by the Red recombination system. In addition, the clpV2 gene was cloned into the expression vectors of pBR322 to construct the complementary strain. The mutant strains were proved to be genetically stable. Comparison of biological characteristics was performed. The data demonstrated that, the mutant strains showed no differences in growth curve and sensitivity to multiple antibiotics. But compared with the wild type strain, the motility and biofilm formation of the deleted strain were decreased significantly. This work proved that the clpV2 gene had partial impact on the biological characteristics of TW-XM. Also, this work provided further basis to investigate the function of the clpV2 gene which might also help in understanding the pathogenesis of APEC.

Key words: avian pathogenic Escherichia coli, type VI secretion system, clpV2 gene, biological characteristics

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