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Mutants of Escherichia coli K-12 that grow more slowly in media containing low concentrations of K have been isolated. All independent mutants of this type which have been studied carry a mutation in a small region of the bacterial chromosome between the supE and gal loci. The growth rate of the mutants is the same as that of the parental strains in medium containing more than 1 mm K, but is only 50% that of the parent when the K concentration is reduced to 0.1 mm. The mutants do not appear to have a primary alteration in K transport, and are therefore referred to as K-dependent. The abbreviation kdp is proposed for this class of mutant.

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Potassium-Dependant Mutants of <em>Escherichia coli</em> K-12

W Epstein

M Davies

Abstract

Mutants of Escherichia coli K-12 that grow more slowly in media containing low concentrations of K have been isolated. All independent mutants of this type which have been studied carry a mutation in a small region of the bacterial chromosome between the supE and gal loci. The growth rate of the mutants is the same as that of the parental strains in medium containing more than 1 mm K, but is only 50% that of the parent when the K concentration is reduced to 0.1 mm. The mutants do not appear to have a primary alteration in K transport, and are therefore referred to as K-dependent. The abbreviation kdp is proposed for this class of mutant.

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^{Biophysical Laboratory, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115}

^{Department of Biochemistry, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637}

^{Present address: Department of Biochemistry, University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill. 60637.}

^{Present address: Department of Biology, University of York, York, England.}

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Abstract

Mutants of Escherichia coli K-12 that grow more slowly in media containing low concentrations of K have been isolated. All independent mutants of this type which have been studied carry a mutation in a small region of the bacterial chromosome between the supE and gal loci. The growth rate of the mutants is the same as that of the parental strains in medium containing more than 1 mm K, but is only 50% that of the parent when the K concentration is reduced to 0.1 mm. The mutants do not appear to have a primary alteration in K transport, and are therefore referred to as K-dependent. The abbreviation kdp is proposed for this class of mutant.

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