Examinando por Autor "Tulin, Gonzalo"

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    Complete genome sequence of the Microbacterium foliorum bacteriophage Garey24
    (American Society for Microbiology, 2024-02-05) Migueletti, Matías R.; García Rey, Julieta; Micheloni, Josefina; Lomanto, Camila; Martelli, Elisa; Sánchez, Gastón; Colombo, Julián M.; Vallecillo, Luciano M.; Lamagni, Francisco; Giusti, Tomás; Acosta, Fabrina; Villagrán, Franco; Gvozdenovich, Martín; Pricco Frakich, Abril; Pianesi, Tulio; Tulin, Gonzalo; Mascali, Florencia Carla; Petitti, Tomás D.; Torres Manno, Mariano A.; Fusari, Corina M.; Buttigliero, Laura; Giordana, María Florencia; Gramajo, Hugo Cesar; Diacovich, Lautaro; Espariz, Martín; Mussi, María Alejandra; http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3339-0100; http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4090-515X; http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4168-3624
    In this work, we report the discovery and characterization of Garey24, a bacteriophage that forms medium-size plaques with halo rings isolated from a soil sample in Funes, Argentina. Its 41,522 bp circularly permuted genome contains 63 putative protein-coding genes. Based on gene content similarity, Garey24 was assigned to subcluster EA1.
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    Integration of BrfS into the biofilm-controlling cascade promotes sessile Salmonella growth at low temperatures
    (Elsevier, 2025-01-21) Tulin, Gonzalo; Méndez, Andrea A. E.; Figueroa, Nicolás; Smith, Carol; Folmer, María P.; Serra, Diego Omar; Wade, Joseph T.; Checa, Susana Karina; Soncini, Fernando C.
    Biofilm formation is stimulated by different stress-related physiological and environmental conditions. In Salmonella and Escherichia coli, curli fibers and phosphoethanolamine-cellulose are the major extracellular components of biofilms. The production of both is under the control of CsgD, a transcriptional regulator whose expression is modulated by a number of factors responding to different signals. The atypical MerR-like regulator MlrA is key in the activation of csgD transcription in both Salmonella and E. coli. Recently, MlrB, a SPI-2-encoded MlrA-like regulator that counteracts MlrA by repressing csgD transcription and biofilm formation inside mac rophages was identified. Here, we characterize STM1266, a Salmonella-specific MlrA-like regulator, recently renamed BrfS. In contrast to mlrA, brfS transcription increases in minimal growth media and at 20 ◦C, a temperature not commonly tested in laboratories. Under these conditions, as well as in salt-limited rich medium, deletion or overexpression of brfS affects extracellular matrix production. Using transcriptomics, we uncovered genes under BrfS control relevant for biofilm formation such as csgB and bapA. Transcriptional analysis of these genes in mutants lacking brfS, csgD or both, indicates that BrfS controls curli biosynthesis both in a CsgDdependent and independent manner. By contrast, at low temperatures, bapA transcription depends only on BrfS, and neither deletion of csgD nor of mlrA modify its expression. Based on these results, we propose that BrfS contributes to Salmonella persistence in the environment, where the pathogen encounters low temperatures and nutrient limitation.