Characteristics of extracellular protein production by a plasmidless derivative of Staphylococcus simulans biovar staphylolyticus
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J D Nitterauer1, H E Heath, L S Heath
1Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa 35487.
FEMS Microbiology Letters
|November 1, 1991
Abstract:
A derivative of Staphylococcus simulans biovar staphylolyticus cured of all five plasmids present in the wild-type organism was developed, and the characteristics of extracellular protein production by this plasmidless strain were compared to those of the wild type. Although staphylolytic endopeptidase (lysostaphin) and beta-lactamase are known to be plasmid encoded, analysis of this cured strain revealed that most other extracellular proteins are chromosomally encoded.