Formation of multiple flagella caused by a mutation of the flagellar rotor protein FliM in Vibrio alginolyticus.

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Marine bacterium Vibrio alginolyticus forms a single flagellum at a cell pole. In Vibrio, two proteins (GTPase FlhF and ATPase FlhG) regulate the number of flagella. We previously isolated the NMB155 mutant that forms multiple flagella despite the absence of mutations in flhF and flhG. Whole-genome sequencing of NMB155 identified an E9K mutation in FliM that is a component of C-ring in the flagellar rotor....

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