Table 2

Growth of C. glutamicum mutant strains on different inorganic sulphur sources on solid minimal medium


deleted
growtha after 48 h on MMS with addition of 2 mM of
strain
CDS (gene)
sulphate
sulphite
thiosulphate
sulphide
L-cysteine

WT
/
+
+
+
+
+
CR018
cg3112 (cysZ )
-
-
+
+
+
CR019
cg3113 (cysY )
-
-
-
°
+
CR020
cg3114 (cysN )
-
-
°
+
+
CR021
cg3115 (cysD )
-
-
°
+
+
CR022
cg3116 (cysH )
-
-
°
+
+
CR023
cg3117 (cysX )
°
°
°
+
+
CR024
cg3118 (cysI )
-
-
-
°
+
CR025
cg3119 (fpr2 )
+
+
+
+
+

a compared to the wild-type grown on MMS containing sulphate:

+ denotes wild-type like growth

° indicates a severely reduced growth rate

- represents a complete lack of growth

Rückert et al. BMC Genomics 2005 6:121   doi:10.1186/1471-2164-6-121