Aerotaxis in Halobacterium salinarium is methylation-dependent.

doi:10.1099/13500872-141-11-2945

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Aerotaxis in Halobacterium salinarium is methylation-dependent.

Microbiology (Reading, England) - 1 Nov 1995

Lindbeck J C, Goulbourne E A, Johnson M S, Taylor B L

Abstract excerpt

The behavioural response to a gradient of oxygen (aerotaxis) has been characterized in the archaeon, Halobacterium salinarium. When the gas surrounding a drop of H. salinarium strain S9-P culture was changed abruptly from 10% (v/v) O2 to 100% N2, the bacteria transiently increased the frequency o...

Topics

Bacterial Proteins
Chemotaxis
Halobacterium salinarum
Light
Methylation
Mutation
Oxygen
Time Factors

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