Isolation of Predation-Deficient Mutants of Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus by Using Transposon Mutagenesis
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Isolation of predation-deficient mutants of Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus by using transposon mutagenesis.
The availability of the complete genome sequence of Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus provides an opportunity for investigating genes that play a significant role in predation. Using two independently derived facultatively predatory Bdellovibrio strains, we have designed a method to cultivate and screen transposon insertion mutants in 96-well microtiter dishes. Transposon insertion mutants were produc...
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عنوان ژورنال: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0099-2240,1098-5336
DOI: 10.1128/aem.00256-08