[Effect of integrating the pJFF350 vector into the 85-MDa plasmid of Azospirillum brasilense Sp245 on bacterial flagellation and mobility].
Results of genetic analysis of three derivatives of Azospirillum brasilense Sp245 (strains BK570, SK051, and SK248) carrying cointegrates of plasmids 85-MDa and pJFF350 (the vector for omegon mutagenesis), which manifest abnormalities in flagellation and motility, are presented. It was shown for the first time that the integration of the suicide vector into one of Azospirillum resident plasmids is accompanied by the formation of various fusion products and changes in flagellation and motility of these bacteria, such as the loss of the polar (Fla) and lateral (Laf) flagella in SK051; inactivation of Fla and Laf in SK248; and Fla-dependent acceleration of expansion in semiliquid media in BK570.
Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Plants and Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, Saratov, 410015 Russia.
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D015806:Azospirillum brasilense / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D005822:Genetic Vectors; D016296:Mutagenesis; D010957:Plasmids