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. 2009 Jun 12;5:45–52. doi: 10.2142/biophysics.5.45

Table 1.

Ion dependence of the swimming motility of E. coli MotB mutants and V. alginolyticus PomB mutants

Na+ Li+ K+ H+
WT-MotA/B ++
MotB(A39G) ++
(A39T) ++
WT-PomA/B ++ +
PomB(C31G) ++ +
(C31V) ++ +
(C31L) + +/−

The E. coli strain RP6894 (ΔmotAB) and the Vibrio alginolyticus strain NMB191 (ΔpomAB) were used as the host cell.

++, Vigorous swimming motility; +, slow swimming motility; +/−, very slow swimming motility; −, nonmotile.