Lack of Chemotactic Response to Tricarboxylic Acids by Escherichia coli Carrying a Plasmid Determining Citrate Utilization

AUTOR(ES)

Ishigura, Naotaka

RESUMO

Salmonella typhimurium but not citrate-utilizing Escherichia coli carrying the Cit plasmid showed positive chemotaxis to tricarboxylic acids, indicating that the Cit plasmid encodes a transport system but not a chemoreceptor for citrate.

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