Non-alkalophilic mutant strains of Bacillus alcalophilus exhibited a loss of Na+/H+ antiport activity and Na+-coupling of solute transport, and decreased contents of membrane-bound cytochromes and of a membrane-bound chromophore that absorbs light at 526 nm. Evidence that these changes could result from a single mutation is presented.
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Lewis et al. (1982) studied this question.