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Isolation and characterization of Enterobacter cloacae mutants which are defective in chemotaxis toward inorganic phosphate.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Oct 1997
Kusaka K, Shibata K, Kuroda A, Kato J, Ohtake H
Abstract excerpt
Enterobacter cloacae IFO3320 is attracted to Pi when cells are starved for Pi. Two Tn1737KH-induced mutants, which were constitutive for alkaline phosphatase, failed to exhibit Pi taxis even under conditions of Pi limitation. Both of the mutant strains exhibited normal chemotactic responses to peptone, suggesting that they are specifically defective in Pi taxis. Cloning and sequence analysis showed that the...
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