Genetic analysis of sliding motility in Mycobacterium smegmatis.

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.

SUBMITTER: Recht J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC101957 | biostudies-literature | 2000 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature