Mapping of rod mutants of Bacillus subtilis.
Nine class A salt-dependent rod mutants were mapped on the Bacillus subtilis genome by PBS1-mediated transduction. They are distributed into two small linkage groups designated rod B and rod C; mutations in rod B are over 80% cotransducible with pheA and different mutations in rod C are 12 to 21% cotransducible with hisA. It is established that neither rod B nor rod C is linked by transformation to the other identified rod mutations present in 168-ts-200B and 8332 glu(-). It is hypothesized that salt-dependent mutations are due to enzyme alterations which are corrected by high salt concentrations.
D000596:Amino Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D001412:Bacillus subtilis / Q000145:classification / Q000166:cytology* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D005796:Genes; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D005971:Glutamates / Q000378:metabolism; D009154:Mutation; D010641:Phenotype; D011995:Recombination, Genetic; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000378:metabolism; D013696:Temperature; D014161:Transduction, Genetic; D014170:Transformation, Genetic
D000596:Amino Acids; D005971:Glutamates; D012965:Sodium Chloride