Characterization of phosphonate transporter coded by the phnCDE genes as a inorganic phosphate transporter. The reversion of the 8 bp insertion with the ORF of phnE of E. coli K12 MG1655 rendered the
Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae causes porcine pleuropneumonia. The function of the outer membrane protein W gene (ompW) of A. pleuropneumoniae has not been evaluated. Thus a deletion mutant of ompW,