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Identification of a Malate Chemoreceptor in Pseudomonas aeruginosa by Screening for Chemotaxis Defects in an Energy Taxis-Deficient Mutant
Carolina Alvarez-Ortega1,2 and
Caroline S. Harwood1*
Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-7242,1
Department of Microbiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 522422
Received 17 August 2007/
Accepted 2 October 2007
We found that a robust energy taxis response mediated by the Aer receptor can sometimes mask chemotaxis mediated by other methyl-accepting chemotaxis proteins (MCPs) in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. We identified PA2652 as a chemoreceptor for malate by screening aer mcp double mutants by using swarm plate assays.
* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Microbiology, Box 357242, 1705 N.E. Pacific Street, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-7242. Phone: (206) 221-2848. Fax: (206) 221-5041. E-mail: csh5{at}u.washington.edu
Published ahead of print on 12 October 2007.
Applied and Environmental Microbiology, December 2007, p. 7793-7795, Vol. 73, No. 23
0099-2240/07/$08.00+0 doi:10.1128/AEM.01898-07
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