FIGURE 7.

Comparison of colony morphology resulting from the deletion of brpLG and the brp locus genes. The parent and mutant strains were spotted onto VFMG agar supplemented with 0.02% arabinose and grown for 24 h. Each colony that represented the mean rugosity from at least three independent experiments was visualized using a stereomicroscope. All images are shown at the same scale, and a 1-mm scale bar is shown on the image of the parent strain. The genes deleted in each strain are shown in top and left panels.