Fine tuning bacterial chemotaxis: analysis of Rhodobacter sphaeroidesbehaviour under aerobic and anaerobic conditions by mutation of the major chemotaxis operons and cheY genes

• Published in: The EMBO journal Vol. 19; no. 17; p. 4601
• Main Authors: Deepan S.H. Shah, Porter, Steven L, Martin, Angela C, Hamblin, Paul A, Armitage, Judith P
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Heidelberg Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.09.2000
• Subjects: Anaerobic conditions; Growth conditions

Rhodobacter sphaeroideschemotaxis is significantly more complex than that of enteric bacteria. Rhodobacter sphaeroides has multiple copies of chemotaxis genes (two cheA, one cheB, two cheR, three cheW, five cheY but no cheZ), controlling a single 'stop-start' flagellum. The growth environm...