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ΔpdeH mutants have a defect in cell-wall integrity.
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posted on 2011-02-28, 01:30 authored by Haifeng Zhang, Kaiyue Liu, Xing Zhang, Wei Tang, Jiansheng Wang, Min Guo, Qian Zhao, Xiaobo Zheng, Ping Wang, Zhengguang ZhangGrowth of wild type and mutant strains on complete media (CM) without 1 M sorbitol (top); growth of strains on CM with 1 M sorbitol (middle); growth of strains on straw decoction and corn media (SDC) without sorbitol (bottom). The ΔpdeH and ΔpdeH ΔpdeL mutants undergo progressive autolysis on CM in the absence of osmotic stabilization. Radial growth rates are identical to those of the wild-type strains.
