Alteration of O-specific polysaccharide structure of symbiotically defective Mesorhizobium loti mutant 2213.1 derived from strain NZP2213
Turska-Szewczuk, A.; Pietras, H.; Borucki, W.; Russa, R.
Acta Biochimica Polonica 55(1): 191-199
2008
ISSN/ISBN: 0001-527X PMID: 18217107 Document Number: 620991
Mesorhizobium loti mutant 2213.1 derived from the wild-type strain NZP2213 by Tn5 mutagenesis showed impaired effectiveness of symbiosis with the host plant Lotus corniculatus (Turska-Szewczuk et al., 2007 Microbiol Res, in press). The inability of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) isolated from the mutant 2213.1 strain or de-O-acetylated LPS of the parental cells to inactivate phage A1 particles implicated alterations in the LPS structure.