LuxR402 of Novosphingobium sp. HR1a regulates the correct configuration of cell envelopes

In this work, we report that the knockout mutant in other of this luxR-like genes (named luxR402) in Novosphingobium sp. HR1a; floculated faster than the wild-type when cultures are in repose. Transcriptomic analysis allowed us to determine the LuxR402 regulon; we have identified that the carbohydrate assimilation pathway and TCA cycle are affected in the mutant. Accordingly, the mutant presented poorer growth than the wild-type when growing in different carbon sources. At stationary phase of growth the pili biosynthesis, trehalose utilization and capside-related proteins were affected in the mutant strain. Microscopy assays determined that the mutant strain cultures presented cells aggrupations and that the extracellular matrix is less abundant than in the wild-type cultures. Gene expression profiling analysis using data obtained from RNA-seq of a HR1a mutant