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. 1980 Mar;141(3):1360-5.
doi: 10.1128/jb.141.3.1360-1365.1980.

Development of Stigmatella aurantiaca: effects of light and gene expression

S Inouye, D White, M Inouye

Development of Stigmatella aurantiaca: effects of light and gene expression

S Inouye et al. J Bacteriol. 1980 Mar.

Abstract

Stigmatella aurantiaca, a gliding, gram-negative bacterium, exhibits complex developmental changes upon starvation. In the light the cells aggregate and develop multicellular fruiting bodies with stalks and sporangia within 20 h. Between 23 and 27 h, sonication-resistant myxospores are synchronously formed inside the sporangia. On the other hand, in the dark, the cells aggregate and differentiate into myxospores between 13 and 27 h without forming stalks and sporangia. The pattern of protein synthesis during development in the light as well as in the dark was investigated. Three periods of synthesis, characterized by sharp increases and decreases in the rate of isotope incorporation into certain proteins, were distinguished. In the light these periods corresponded approximately to an early stage before the formation of aggregates, a middle period during which aggregates appeared and developed into fruiting bodies, and a late stage that corresponded to the appearance of myxospores. The pattern of protein synthesis in the dark could also be divided into three stages, but the middle stage was considerably shorter than in the light and showed diminished synthesis of certain proteins that were actively synthesized in the light. In particular, the synthesis of one protein was detected only in samples that developed in the light.

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