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Electron Microscopy<br />

102<br />

For electron microscopy, cells were grown in minimal medium supplemented with<br />

37 mM succinate and 26 mM propanediol. Cultures (10 ml) were incubated in 125-ml<br />

Erlenmeyer flasks at 37º C, with shaking at 275 rpm in a New Brunswick C24 Incubator<br />

Shaker.<br />

For immunogold localization of the PduP protein, cells were prepared as previously<br />

described (Bobik et al. 1999). The source of the primary antibody was rabbit polyclonal<br />

anti-PduP antiserum or preimmune serum diluted in 1:100 in PBS. The secondary<br />

antibody used was goat anti-rabbit IgG conjugated to12-nm colloidal gold (Jackson<br />

ImmunoResearch Laboratories, Inc. West Grove, PA) diluted 1:30 in PBS.<br />

DNA Sequencing and Analysis<br />

DNA sequencing was carried out at the University of Florida Interdisciplinary<br />

Center for Biotechnology Research DNA Sequencing Core Facility using Applied<br />

Biosystems automated sequencing equipment (Perkin Elmer, Norwalk, CT) or at the<br />

University of Florida, Department of Microbiology and Cell Science DNA Sequencing<br />

Facility using a LI-COR model 4000L DNA sequencer, automated sequencing<br />

equipment, and Base ImagIR Analysis Software version 04.1h (LI-COR, Lincoln, NE).<br />

The template for DNA sequencing was plasmid DNA purified using Qiagen 100 tips or<br />

Qiagen mini-prep kits. BLAST software was used for sequence similarity searches<br />

(Altschul et al. 1997).<br />

Chemicals and Reagents<br />

Formaldehyde, (R, S)-1,2-propanediol, and antibiotics were from Sigma Chemical<br />

Company (St. Louis, MO). Isopropyl-β-D-thiogalactopyranoside (IPTG) was from<br />

Diagnostic Chemicals Limited (Charlotteville PEI, Canada). Restriction enzymes were

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