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1 Department of Food Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
Antisense RNA against a conserved bacteriophage gene when expressed in a Lactococcus lactis ssp. lactis strain renders it resistant to bacteriophage infection. Two open reading frames have been identified in a L. lactis ssp. lactis bacteriophage that are conserved in a majority of isolates. They code for an 18-kDa (designated GP18C) protein and a 24-kDa (GP24C) protein, respectively, which are arranged along with previously identified open reading frames in a tandem motif similar to other bacteriophages. The presence of gpl8C and gp24C in a number of bacteriophage isolates was confirmed by polymerase chain reaction using primers specific for these regions. Plasmids bearing various fragments of gpl8C, gp24C, or both were constructed such that the respective open reading frames were positioned in the antisense direction relative to the Lactococcus lactis ssp. cremoris Wg2 promoter, p59. These antisense RNA-producing vectors inhibited the efficiency of plaquing of L. lactis ssp. lactis bacteriophage $7-9 up to 50%; the resulting plaques were extremely small and irregular in shape. The replication of the bacteriophage was severely inhibited, and the total number decreased over the first 3 h during infection in strains expressing antisense RNA compared with the host strain alone, in which the bacteriophage number increased 104-fold.
Key Words: bacteriophage • lactic acid bacteria • antisense ribonucleic acid
Submitted on September 16, 1991
Accepted on March 6, 1992
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