TABLE 2.
Relative swimming motility phenotypes of defined and complemented insertion mutants
| Strain | Genotype | Motility phenotypea
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| Defined (none) | Complementation plasmid
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| pARP1264 | pARP1265 | pARP1266 | |||
| Sch3N | Wild type | ++++ | ND | ND | ND |
| AAR269 | flaA | ++ | ++++ | ND | ++++ |
| AAR27 | flaB | ++ | ND | +++ | +++ |
| AAR31 | flaA flaB | − | ++ | ++ | ++ |
| AAR150 | flaG | ++++ | ND | ND | ND |
| AAR59 | flaH | − | ND | ++ | ++ |
| AAR8 | flaJ | − | ND | ++ | ++ |
a
Motility phenotypes were examined in semisolid motility plates (see Materials and Methods). Plus signs indicate spreading. The diameters of the spread zones are as follows: ++, 2.0 to 3.0 cm; +++, 4.0 to 5.0 cm; ++++, >6.0 cm; −, nonmotile. ND, not determined.