Screening of a Haloferax volcanii Transposon Library Reveals Novel Motility and Adhesion Mutants

Screening of a Haloferax volcanii Transposon Library Reveals Novel Motility and Adhesion Mutants

Archaea, like bacteria, use type IV pili to facilitate surface adhesion. Moreover, archaeal flagella—structures required for motility—share a common ancestry with type IV pili. While the characterization of archaeal homologs of bacterial type IV pilus biosynthesis components has revealed important a...

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Main Authors: Georgio Legerme, Evan Yang, Rianne N. Esquivel, Saija Kiljunen, Harri Savilahti, Mechthild Pohlschroder
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-11-01
Series:Life
Subjects:
Haloferax volcanii
transposon mutagenesis
archaeon
flagellum
archaellum
type IV pilus
adhesion
biofilm
swimming motility
chemotaxis
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/6/4/41

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