Alkaline phosphatase fusions have been used to analyse plasmid- or phage-carried genes from the two-minute region of the Escherichia coli chromosome. These studies have revealed the following: 1) Bacteriophage lambda carries two genes for cell envelope proteins, lom and bor, that are expressed in lysogens and probably contribute to the pathogenicity of its E. coli host. 2) The ftsQ and ftsl gene products are integral proteins of the cytoplasmic membrane with small cytoplasmic domains and large periplasmic domains. 3) The ftsQ and ftsl gene products are made in very small amounts, on the order of 25 molecules per cell. 4) The ftsQ gene product is essential for cell growth and is required throughout the formation of the cell septum. 5) An open reading frame just upstream from ftsl, thought to be involved in cell division, is expressed and probably codes for a cytoplasmic membrane protein.

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Enumeration of total coliforms, fecal coliforms, and Escherichia coli in foods by hydrophobic grid membrane filter: collaborative study.

A collaborative study was conducted in 18 laboratories to assess the performance of the hydrophobic grid membrane filter method against that of the AOAC official first action method 46.013-46.016 for enumerating total and fecal coliforms and Escherichia coli. The study was carried out on frozen breaded fish, raw comminuted poultry, unroasted walnut pieces, ground black pepper, and cheddar cheese. The hydrophobic grid membrane filter method recovered significantly larger numbers of target bacteria in 7 of the food/analysis combinations: fecal coliforms in fish; E. coli in poultry; fecal coliforms and E. coli in walnuts; and total coliforms, fecal coliforms and E. coli in black pepper. Random error (Sr2) associated with the hydrophobic grid membrane filter method was significantly lower than that of the reference method in over 30% of the paired sample series. The hydrophobic grid membrane filter method for total coliform, fecal coliform, and E. coli enumeration in foods has been adopted official first action.

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