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Journal of Bacteriology, May 2002, p. 2529-2532, Vol. 184, No. 9
0021-9193/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JB.184.9.2529-2532.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Identification of an Akinete Marker Gene in Anabaena variabilis

Ruanbao Zhou,{dagger} and C. Peter Wolk*

MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824

Received 16 November 2001/ Accepted 3 February 2002

Cyanobacteria that form akinetes as well as heterocysts present a rare opportunity to investigate the relationships between alternative differentiation processes and pattern formation processes in a single bacterium. Because no akinete marker gene has been identified, akinete formation has been little studied genetically. We report the first identification of an akinete marker gene.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824. Phone: (517) 353-2049. Fax: (517) 353-9168. E-mail: wolk{at}msu.edu.

{dagger} Present address: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824. Permanent address: College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, Anhui 241000, People's Republic of China.

Journal of Bacteriology, May 2002, p. 2529-2532, Vol. 184, No. 9
0021-9193/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JB.184.9.2529-2532.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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