Table 1. Summary of daughter cells' patterns seen with different flagellum mutantsa.
Strain | BW25113 | JW1923 | JW1879 |
Genotype | WT | ΔfliG | ΔmotA |
Stringb | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 0% (0) |
Slidingb | 95.2% (79) | 93.0% (66) | 97.8% (45) |
Miscellaneousb | 4.8% (4) | 7.0% (5) | 2.2% (1) |
Totalb | 100% (83) | 100% (71) | 100% (46) |
Strains with the specified gene disrupted were derived from BW25113 and examinations were performed on LB-1.5% agar-coated slides.
Daughter cells' pattern in percentage of the population; number of scored events shown in parentheses.