Salt-stress induced changes in the transcriptome , compatible solutes , and membrane lipids 1 in the facultatively phototrophic bacterium

Salt-stress induced changes in the transcriptome, compatible solutes, and membrane lipids 1 in the facultatively phototrophic bacterium Rhodobacter sphaeroides 2 3 Minoru Tsuzuki, Oleg V. Moskvin, # Masayuki Kuribayashi, Kiichi Sato, Susana Retamal, 4 Mitsuru Abo, * Jill Zeilstra-Ryalls, * and Mark Gomelsky * 5 6 Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life 7 Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan. 8 Department of Molecular Biology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, 82071, USA. 9 Department of Biological Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, 10 43403, USA. 11 12 Running title: R. sphaeroides global salt stress response 13 Present address: Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, University of 14 Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI. 15 Corresponding authors. Mailing address for Mitsuru Abo: Department of Applied Biological 16 Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 17 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan. Phone (81) 3-5841-5190. Fax (81) 3-5841-8027. 18 E-mail: abo@mail.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp. Mailing address for Jill Zeilstra-Ryalls: 217 Life Science 19 Building, Department of Biological Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, 20 OH 43403, USA. Phone (1) 419-372-2872. Fax (1) 419-372-2024. E-mail: 21 jzeilst@bgsu.edu.Mailing address for Mark Gomelsky: Department of Molecular Biology, 22 University of Wyoming, Dept. 3944, 1000 E. University Ave., Laramie, WY 82071, USA. Phone 23 (1) 307-766-3522. Fax (1) 307-766-3875. E-mail: gomelsky@uwyo.edu. 24 Copyright © 2011, American Society for Microbiology and/or the Listed Authors/Institutions. All Rights Reserved. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. doi:10.1128/AEM.05463-11 AEM Accepts, published online ahead of print on 9 September 2011