Isolation and characterization of a transposon mutant of Shewanella putrefaciens MR-1 deficient in fumarate reductase.

doi:10.1046/j.1472-765x.1997.00196.x

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Isolation and characterization of a transposon mutant of Shewanella putrefaciens MR-1 deficient in fumarate reductase.

Letters in applied microbiology - 1 Sept 1997

Myers C R, Myers J M

Abstract excerpt

A transposon mutant, designated CMTn-3, of Shewanella putrefaciens MR-1 that was deficient in fumarate reduction was isolated and characterized. In contrast to the wild-type, CMTn-3 could not grow anaerobically with fumarate as the electron acceptor, and it lacked benzyl viologen-linked fumarate...

Topics

Base Sequence
DNA Primers
DNA Transposable Elements
Electron Transport
Fumarates
Genes, Bacterial
Gram-Negative Facultatively Anaerobic Rods
Mutagenesis, Insertional
Mutation
Subcellular Fractions
Succinate Dehydrogenase

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