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A Genetic And Physiological Study Of An Arsenite Resistant, Uncoupled Mutant Of Escherichia Coli, Daniel Gordon Smiley
A Genetic And Physiological Study Of An Arsenite Resistant, Uncoupled Mutant Of Escherichia Coli, Daniel Gordon Smiley
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Chromosomally determined arsenate resistance in Escherichia coli is well characterized. Little, however, is known about chromosomally determined arsenite resistance in E. coli. Accordingly, spontaneous arsenite resistant mutants were selected in a plasmid free strain of E. coli. One mutant strain was analyzed in detail, genetically and physiologically. The mutation confering arsenite resistance was shown to be a single gene mutation. Genetic mapping studies using conjugation and transduction showed that the mutation was closely linked to the ilv region of the E. coli map.