A STUDY ON THE MECHANISM OF DNA EXCRETION FROM P-AERUGINOSA KYU-1 - EFFECT OF MITOMYCIN-C ON EXTRACELLULAR DNA PRODUCTION
A STUDY ON THE MECHANISM OF DNA EXCRETION FROM P-AERUGINOSA KYU-1 - EFFECT OF MITOMYCIN-C ON EXTRACELLULAR DNA PRODUCTION
复制标题
DOI:
10.1080/00021369.1981.10864927
复制
发表时间:
1981-01-01
期刊:
影响因子:
--
通讯作者:
UEDA, S
中科院分区:
文献类型:
--
作者:
HARA, T;UEDA, S
The mechanism of excretion of DNA was investigated using strain KYU-1. This strain produced a considerable amount of DNA extracellularly (7.8 mg/ml) and the amount of extracellular DNA/ml of the culture was scores of times more compared to that of intracellular DNA/ml of the culture. DNA synthesis was repressed by the addition of inhibitors (nalidixic acid, 5-fluorouracil or mitomycin C); their inhibition rates were 35-54%. With the addition of 100 .mu.g/ml of mitomycin C at the middle of the logarithmic growth phase, only 0.89 mg of extracellular DNA/ml of the culture was obtained; the inhibition rate was 95%. The amount of Pi synthesized in the culture was almost the same with or without an inhibitor. The excretion of DNA fron the cell surface of strain KYU-1 was observed on EM and the DNA molecules excreted were double-stranded.