Genetic heterogeneity in the cysA-fus region of the Bacillus subtilis chromosome: identification of the hos gene.
We identified a new gene, hos, which exerts different sporulation phenotypes in Bacillus subtilis strains with different genetic backgrounds. The hos+ gene showed normal sporulation in the genetic background of JH642 but showed temperature-sensitive sporulation in that of the Tano-oka W. The hos gene was mapped between cysA and rpoB.
D001412:Bacillus subtilis / Q000235:genetics*; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002876:Chromosomes, Bacterial; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D010641:Phenotype; D013171:Spores, Bacterial / Q000502:physiology; D014169:Transformation, Bacterial