Changes in Bacillus Spore Small Molecules, rRNA, Germination, and Outgrowth after Extended Sublethal Exposure to Various Temperatures: Evidence that Protein Synthesis Is Not Essential for Spore Germination
Changes in Bacillus Spore Small Molecules, rRNA, Germination, and Outgrowth after Extended Sublethal Exposure to Various Temperatures: Evidence that Protein Synthesis Is Not Essential for Spore Germination
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DOI:
10.1128/jb.00583-16
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发表时间:
2016-12-01
影响因子:
3.2
通讯作者:
Setlow, Peter
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作者:
Korza, George;Setlow, Barbara;Setlow, Peter
rRNAs of dormant spores of Bacillus subtilis were> 95% degraded during extended incubation at 50 degrees C, as reported previously (E. Segev, Y. Smith, and S. Ben-Yehuda, Cell 148: 139 -114, 2012, doi: http://dx. doi. org/10.1016/j. cell. 2011.11.059), and this was also true of spores of Bacillus megaterium. Incubation of spores of these two species for similar to 20 h at 75 to 80 degrees C also resulted in the degradation of all or the great majority of the 23S and 16S rRNAs, although this rRNA degradation was slower than nonenzymatic hydrolysis of purified rRNAs at these temperatures. This rRNA degradation at high temperature generated almost exclusively oligonucleotides with minimal levels of mononucleotides. RNase Y, suggested to be involved in rRNA hydrolysis during B. subtilis spore incubation at 50 degrees C, did not play a role in B. subtilis spore rRNA breakdown at 80 degrees C. Twenty hours of incubation of Bacillus spores at 70 degrees C also decreased the already minimal levels of ATP in dormant spores 10-to 30-fold, to