Cardin R D, Biel A J
Department of Microbiology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge 70803.
J Bacteriol. 1990 Apr;172(4):2181-3. doi: 10.1128/jb.172.4.2181-2183.1990.
We isolated a Tn5 insertion mutant of Rhodobacter capsulatus which requires biotin for growth. Crossfeeding studies with Escherichia coli bio mutants indicated that the insertion is in the bioB gene. A cosmid that complements the bioB insertion was isolated, and the bioB gene was localized to a 2.85-kilobase EcoRI-PstI fragment.