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Journal of Bacteriology, January 2000, p. 532-535, Vol. 182, No. 2
0021-9193/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Motility and Flagellum Synthesis in Halobacillus halophilus Are Chloride Dependent

Markus Roeßler,1 Gerhard Wanner,2 and Volker Müller1,*

Lehrstuhl für Mikrobiologie1 and Botanisches Institut,2 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 80638 Munich, Germany

Received 26 July 1999/Accepted 27 October 1999

The motility of Halobacillus halophilus as observed on swarm agar plates was strictly dependent on the chloride concentration. Cl- was apparently not used as the coupling ion for flagellar rotation. Cells grown in the absence of chloride were devoid of flagella, but flagellation was restored upon the addition of chloride. These experiments indicate that chloride is involved in synthesis of flagella in H. halophilus.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Lehrstuhl für Mikrobiologie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat München, 80638 Munich, Germany. Phone: 49-89-2180-6126. Fax: 49-89-2180-6127. E-mail: v.mueller{at}lrz.uni-muenchen.de.

Journal of Bacteriology, January 2000, p. 532-535, Vol. 182, No. 2
0021-9193/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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