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Transformation and transfection in lysogenic strains of Bacillus subtilis 168
Abstract:
Strains of Bacillus subtilis lysogenic for either temperate bacteriophage phi105 or SPO2 were reduced to less than 1.0% of the level of transformation of the nonlysogenic strains. Strains lysogenic for both phi105 and SPO2 are virtually nontransformable, indicating that the effect of lysogeny is additive. Lysogenic cultures transfected at essentially wild-type levels with deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) isolated from bacteriophages phi29 and SPO1. The residual transformation and transfection achieved by the lysogenic cultures changed dramatically during growth in SPII medium, whereas nonlysogenic strains remained competent for 5 hr in SPII medium. Despite a marked reduction in transformation, lysogenic cultures initially irreversibly bound as much DNA as nonlysogenic cultures. After 60 min in SPII medium, there was a rapid decrease in the capacity of lysogenic cells to bind DNA irreversibly. These results, as discussed, indicate that the inhibition of transformation is probably due to an alteration of the cell surface or a differential inactivation of bacterial genes after lysogenic conversion.
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