Journal of Bacteriology, December 1998, p. 6384-6388, Vol. 180, No. 23
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Department of Microbiology,
Received 15 May 1998/Accepted 23 September 1998
A nonswarming Serratia liquefaciens mutant deficient in
serrawettin W2 production was constructed by transposon mutagenesis. Sequence homology indicated that insertion had occurred in gene swrA, which encodes a putative peptide synthetase.
Expression of swrA is controlled by quorum sensing.
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