Dependence of swarming in Escherichia coli K-12 on spermidine and the spermidine importer
Dependence of swarming in Escherichia coli K-12 on spermidine and the spermidine importer
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1574-6968.2009.01552.x
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发表时间:
2009-05-01
影响因子:
2.1
通讯作者:
Benno, Yoshimi
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作者:
Kurihara, Shin;Suzuki, Hideyuki;Benno, Yoshimi
In a previous work, it was observed that the swarming of polyamine-deficient Proteus mirabilis (speB::sm) was severely inhibited on Luria-Bertani (LB) swarming plates (LBSw) (LB, 0.5% glucose, 0.5% agar), and it was clarified that extracellular putrescine was important as a signaling molecule for the induction of swarming in P. mirabilis. However, a polyamine-deficient strain (delta-speAB delta-speC) of Escherichia coli swarmed as well as the parental strain on LBSw plates. We report that the swarming phenotype of a polyamine-deficient E. coli strain is dependent on spermidine and PotABCD, a spermidine importer.