Genetic analysis of sliding motility in Mycobacterium smegmatis |
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| Authors: | Recht J Martínez A Torello S Kolter R |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA. |
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| Abstract: | A screen for nonsliding mutants of Mycobacterium smegmatis yielded 20 mutants with transposon insertions in the mps gene, which is involved in glycopeptidolipid biosynthesis. One mutant had an insertion in a gene predicted to encode a membrane transport protein. All mutants lacked glycopeptidolipids and were unable to form biofilms on polyvinyl chloride. |
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