Article
A Rhizobium meliloti lipopolysaccharide mutant altered in competitiveness for nodulation of alfalfa.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Sept 1992
Lagares A, Caetano-Anollés G, Niehaus K, Lorenzen J, Ljunggren H D, Pühler A, Favelukes G
Abstract excerpt
A transposon Tn5-induced mutant of Rhizobium meliloti Rm2011, designated Rm6963, showed a rough colony morphology on rich and minimal media and an altered lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Major differences from the wild-type LPS were observed in (i) hexose and 2-keto-3-deoxyoctonate elution profiles of...
Topics
- Calcium
- Cell Extracts
- DNA Transposable Elements
- Detergents
- Hexoses
- Lipopolysaccharides
- Medicago sativa
- Mutagenesis, Insertional
- Nitrogen Fixation
- Phenotype
- Sinorhizobium meliloti
- Sugar Acids
- Symbiosis