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Journal of Bacteriology, June 2006, p. 4585-4588, Vol. 188, No. 12
0021-9193/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JB.00237-06
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Cohesion-Defective Mutants of Myxococcus xanthus

Pamela J. Bonner{dagger} and Lawrence J. Shimkets*

Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602

Received 15 February 2006/ Accepted 23 March 2006

Cohesion of Myxococcus xanthus cells involves interaction of a cell surface cohesin with a component of the extracellular matrix. In this work, two previously isolated cohesion-defective (fbd) mutants were characterized. The fbdA and fbdB genes do not encode the cohesins but are necessary for their production. Both mutants produce type IV pili, suggesting that PilA is not a major cohesin.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Microbiology, 527 Biological Sciences Building, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602. Phone: (706) 542-2681. Fax: (706) 542-2674. E-mail: shimkets{at}uga.edu.

{dagger} Present address: Department of Biology, 425 Jordon Hall, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405.

Journal of Bacteriology, June 2006, p. 4585-4588, Vol. 188, No. 12
0021-9193/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JB.00237-06
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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