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Isolation and characterization of the Enterobacter cloacae cheR mutant defective in phosphate taxis.
Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry - 1 Feb 2001
Kato J, Nagata C, Yang L, Kuroda A, Ikeda T, Takiguchi N, Ohtake H
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A chemotaxis-defective mutant of Enterobacter cloacae IFO3320, designated EC1, was isolated after N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine (NTG) mutagenesis. Computer-assisted capillary assays showed that EC1 failed to show chemotactic responses to peptone and inorganic phosphate (Pi). Cloning and sequence analysis showed that EC1 is a cheR mutant, suggesting that Pi taxis by E. cloacae is dependent on a...
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