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Role of anionic phospholipids in the adaptation of Bacillus subtilis to high salinity.
Microbiology (Reading, England) - 1 Mar 2006
López Claudia S, Alice Alejandro F, Heras Horacio, Rivas Emilio A, Sánchez-Rivas Carmen
Abstract excerpt
The importance of the content of anionic phospholipids [cardiolipin (CL) and phosphatidylglycerol (PG)] in the osmotic adaptation and in the membrane structure of Bacillus subtilis cultures was investigated. Insertion mutations in the three putative cardiolipin synthase genes (ywiE, ywnE and ywjE) were obtained. Only the ywnE mutation resulted in a complete deficiency in cardiolipin and thus corresponds to a true...
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