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The MgtE Mg2+ transport protein is involved in Aeromonas hydrophila adherence.
FEMS microbiology letters - 1 May 2001
Merino S, Gavín R, Altarriba M, Izquierdo L, Maguire M E, Tomás J M
Abstract excerpt
Aeromonas hydrophila AH-3 strains carrying mutations in mgtE, which encodes a Mg2+ and Co2+ transport system, showed a 50% reduction of in vitro adherence to HEp-2 cells, a reduction in swarming in semisolid swarming agar, and decrease in biofilm formation of over 60% in comparison to the wild-type strain. The cloned A. hydrophila mgtE expressed from a plasmid complements a Salmonella typhimurium strain deleted...
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