Bacterial spores of the Bacillus genus are ubiquitous in nature and are commonly isolated from a variety of diverse environments. Such wide distribution mainly reflects the spore resistance properties but some Bacillus species can grow/sporulate in at least some of the environments where they have been originally isolated. Growing and sporulating at different conditions is known to affect the structure and the resistance properties of the produced spore. In B. subtilis the temperature of growth and sporulation has been shown to influence the structure of the spore surface throughout the action of a sporulation-specific and heat-labile kinase CotH. Here we report that CotG, an abundant component of the B. subtilis spore surface and a substrate of the CotH kinase, assembles around the forming spore but also accumulates in the mother cell cytoplasm where it forms aggregates with at least two other coat components. Our data suggest that the thermo-regulator CotH contributes to the switch between the coat of 25°C and that of 42°C spores by controlling the phosphorylation levels of CotG that, in turn, regulates the assembly of at least two other coat components.

CotG controls spore surface formation in response to the temperature of growth in Bacillus subtilis / Di Gregorio Barletta, G.; Vittoria, M.; Lanzilli, M.; Petrillo, C.; Ricca, E.; Isticato, R.. - In: ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY. - ISSN 1462-2912. - (2022). [10.1111/1462-2920.15960]

CotG controls spore surface formation in response to the temperature of growth in Bacillus subtilis

Di Gregorio Barletta G.
Co-primo
;
Vittoria M.
Co-primo
;
Lanzilli M.;Petrillo C.;Ricca E.
;
Isticato R.
Ultimo
Supervision
2022

Abstract

Bacterial spores of the Bacillus genus are ubiquitous in nature and are commonly isolated from a variety of diverse environments. Such wide distribution mainly reflects the spore resistance properties but some Bacillus species can grow/sporulate in at least some of the environments where they have been originally isolated. Growing and sporulating at different conditions is known to affect the structure and the resistance properties of the produced spore. In B. subtilis the temperature of growth and sporulation has been shown to influence the structure of the spore surface throughout the action of a sporulation-specific and heat-labile kinase CotH. Here we report that CotG, an abundant component of the B. subtilis spore surface and a substrate of the CotH kinase, assembles around the forming spore but also accumulates in the mother cell cytoplasm where it forms aggregates with at least two other coat components. Our data suggest that the thermo-regulator CotH contributes to the switch between the coat of 25°C and that of 42°C spores by controlling the phosphorylation levels of CotG that, in turn, regulates the assembly of at least two other coat components.
2022
CotG controls spore surface formation in response to the temperature of growth in Bacillus subtilis / Di Gregorio Barletta, G.; Vittoria, M.; Lanzilli, M.; Petrillo, C.; Ricca, E.; Isticato, R.. - In: ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY. - ISSN 1462-2912. - (2022). [10.1111/1462-2920.15960]
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