Volume 77, Issue 2 pp. 435-449
Research Article

Transcriptome analysis of the response of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum IMAU10120 to infection by phage P2

Qiannan Wen

Qiannan Wen

Key Laboratory of Dairy Biotechnology and Engineering, Ministry of Education, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, 010018 China

Key Laboratory of Dairy Products Processing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, 010018 China

Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Dairy Biotechnology and Engineering, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, 010018 China

Contribution: ​Investigation, Validation, Visualization, Writing - review & editing

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Ruirui Lv

Ruirui Lv

Key Laboratory of Dairy Biotechnology and Engineering, Ministry of Education, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, 010018 China

Key Laboratory of Dairy Products Processing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, 010018 China

Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Dairy Biotechnology and Engineering, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, 010018 China

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Can Zhang

Can Zhang

Key Laboratory of Dairy Biotechnology and Engineering, Ministry of Education, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, 010018 China

Key Laboratory of Dairy Products Processing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, 010018 China

Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Dairy Biotechnology and Engineering, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, 010018 China

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Weiqi Lian

Weiqi Lian

Key Laboratory of Dairy Biotechnology and Engineering, Ministry of Education, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, 010018 China

Key Laboratory of Dairy Products Processing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, 010018 China

Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Dairy Biotechnology and Engineering, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, 010018 China

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Runze Liu

Runze Liu

Key Laboratory of Dairy Biotechnology and Engineering, Ministry of Education, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, 010018 China

Key Laboratory of Dairy Products Processing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, 010018 China

Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Dairy Biotechnology and Engineering, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, 010018 China

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Xia Chen

Corresponding Author

Xia Chen

Key Laboratory of Dairy Biotechnology and Engineering, Ministry of Education, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, 010018 China

Key Laboratory of Dairy Products Processing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, 010018 China

Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Dairy Biotechnology and Engineering, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, 010018 China

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First published: 29 January 2024

Abstract

Bacteriophage infection of lactic acid bacteria remains a significant problem in the food fermentation industry. To improve understanding about the underlying mechanism of phage–host infection, we used RNA sequencing technology to investigate the effect of phage infection on the expression of host genes based on the one-step growth curve. Results identified a total of 3207 genes, of which 178 showed a significant differential expression in phage-infected host. Moreover, bioinformatic analyses unravelled that these genes regulated many processes in host bacteria, including ribosome, RNA polymerase, DNA replication and metabolic pathways. This study further elucidates the response of host bacteria to phage infection. These results provide valuable data for developing effective phage control measures and improving the success rate of fermentation in the dairy industry.

CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT

The authors declare no conflict of interest in this study.

DATA AVAILABILITY STATEMENT

The transcriptome sequencing of phage P2 has been uploaded to the SRA database of the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), under the accession number SRP419172.

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