Knockout of the alanine racemase gene in Aeromonas hydrophila HBNUAh01 results in cell wall damage a

• 作 者: Dong Liu Lu Zhang Wen Xue Yaping Wang Jiansong Ju and Baohua Zhao
• 机 构: CollegeofLifeScience,HebeiNormalUniversity,Shijiazhuang,China
• 出 处: 第五届泛环渤海生物化学与分子生物学会学术交流会
• 发表日期: 2015年8期

Aeromonas hydrophila is a Gram-negative facultative anaerobic bacterium thatcauses a variety of diseases in fish and humans,leading to severe economic losses.Alanine racemase gene(alr-2) is involved in the synthesis of d-alanine that forms thebackbone of the cell wall.