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Journal of Bacteriology, February 2007, p. 1158-1162, Vol. 189, No. 3
0021-9193/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JB.01500-06
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

SwmB, a 1.12-Megadalton Protein That Is Required for Nonflagellar Swimming Motility in Synechococcus{triangledown}

J. McCarren# and B. Brahamsha*

Marine Biology Research Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0202

Received 22 September 2006/ Accepted 24 November 2006

SwmB is required for swimming motility in Synechococcus sp. strain WH8102. This highly repetitive 1.12-MDa polypeptide is associated with the cell surface, where it is arranged in a punctate manner. Inactivation of swmB does not affect the localization of SwmA, an S-layer protein also required for swimming.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Marine Biology Research Division, 3135 Hubbs Hall, 8750 Biological Grade, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0202. Phone: (858) 534-7505. Fax: (858) 534-7313. E-mail: bbrahamsha{at}ucsd.edu.

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 8 December 2006.

# Present address: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Room 48-336, 15 Vassar Street, Cambridge, MA 02139.

Journal of Bacteriology, February 2007, p. 1158-1162, Vol. 189, No. 3
0021-9193/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JB.01500-06
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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