Different phenotypic classes of Sinorhizobium meliloti mutants defective in synthesis of K antigen.

doi:10.1128/JB.180.20.5432-5436.1998

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Different phenotypic classes of Sinorhizobium meliloti mutants defective in synthesis of K antigen.

Journal of bacteriology - 1 Oct 1998

Campbell G R, Reuhs B L, Walker G C

Abstract excerpt

For Sinorhizobium meliloti (also known as Rhizobium meliloti) AK631 to establish effective symbiosis with alfalfa, it must be able to synthesize a symbiotically active form of its K antigen, a capsular polysaccharide containing a Kdo (3-deoxy-D-manno-octulosonic acid) derivative. Previously isola...

Topics

Antigens, Bacterial
Genes, Bacterial
Genetic Complementation Test
Lipopolysaccharides
Mutation
Phenotype
Polysaccharides, Bacterial
Sinorhizobium meliloti
Symbiosis

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