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. 1971 May;106(2):432–437. doi: 10.1128/jb.106.2.432-437.1971

Mutation Preventing Capsular Polysaccharide Synthesis in Escherichia coli K-12 and Its Effect on Bacteriophage Resistance

Kathryn L Radke 1, Eli C Siegel 1
PMCID: PMC285113  PMID: 4929858

Abstract

A mutant strain of Escherichia coli K-12 was found in which spontaneous mutation to phage T7 resistance occurred at a very low frequency. T7 resistance in the parental strain from which this mutant was derived resulted from a mutation to excess capsular polysaccharide synthesis. The mutation preventing T7 resistance, non-9, inhibited capsule formation when transduced into capsulated strains. The non-9 mutation was cotransducible with his, the gene order in this region being non-9 his Su-1.

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