Genetic Confirmation of the Role of Sulfopyruvate Decarboxylase in Coenzyme M Biosynthesis in Methanococcus maripaludis

Figure 3

Growth of the wild type strain S2 (red), comE::Tn5 mutant strain S201 (grey), and complemented strain S203 with comE gene expressed from pMEVII-comE (dash grey) in minimal medium + acetate (McNA). Representative error bars indicate the standard deviation of three independent cultures. The inoculum was ~1 × 10⁴ cells.