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Journal of Bacteriology, March 1999, p. 1927-1930, Vol. 181, No. 6
0021-9193/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

The Polar Flagellar Motor of Vibrio cholerae Is Driven by an Na+ Motive Force

Seiji Kojima,1 Koichiro Yamamoto,2 Ikuro Kawagishi,1 and Michio Homma1,*

Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8602,1 and Department of Nutritional Science, Faculty of Health and Welfare Science, Okayama Prefectural University, Soja, Okayama 719-1197,2 Japan

Received 27 October 1998/Accepted 12 January 1999

Vibrio cholerae is a highly motile bacterium which possesses a single polar flagellum as a locomotion organelle. Motility is thought to be an important factor for the virulence of V. cholerae. The genome sequencing project of this organism is in progress, and the genes that are highly homologous to the essential genes of the Na+-driven polar flagellar motor of Vibrio alginolyticus were found in the genome database of V. cholerae. The energy source of its flagellar motor was investigated. We examined the Na+ dependence and the sensitivity to the Na+ motor-specific inhibitor of the motility of the V. cholerae strains and present the evidence that the polar flagellar motor of V. cholerae is driven by an Na+ motive force.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan. Phone: 052-789-2991. Fax: 052-789-3001. E-mail: g44416a{at}nucc.cc.nagoya-u.ac.jp.

Journal of Bacteriology, March 1999, p. 1927-1930, Vol. 181, No. 6
0021-9193/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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