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Gliding mutants of Mycoplasma mobile: relationships between motility and cell morphology, cell adhesion and microcolony formation.
Microbiology (Reading, England) - 1 Jun 2000
Miyata Makoto, Yamamoto Hitoshi, Shimizu Takashi, Uenoyama Atsuko, Citti Christine, Rosengarten Renate
Abstract excerpt
The present study characterizes gliding motility mutants of Mycoplasma mobile which were obtained by UV irradiation. They were identified by their abnormal colony shapes in 0.1% agar medium, showing a reduced number of satellite colonies compared to the wild-type. A total of ten mutants were isolated based on their colony phenotype. Using dark-field and electron microscopy, two classes of mutants, group I and...
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