PROPHAGE INDUCTION AND FILAMENT FORMATION IN A MUTANT STRAIN OF ESCHERICHIA COLI
PROPHAGE INDUCTION AND FILAMENT FORMATION IN A MUTANT STRAIN OF ESCHERICHIA COLI
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DOI:
10.1073/pnas.58.5.1903
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发表时间:
1967-01-01
影响因子:
11.1
通讯作者:
GOLDTHWAIT, DA
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作者:
KIRBY, EP;JACOB, F;GOLDTHWAIT, DA
Materials and Methods.-Bacteria and bacteriophage: Escherichia coli K-12, C-600, thr, leu, thi, lysogenic forX, was the parent of the strains used in this study. The lysogenic and nonlysogenic strains of C-600 were used as controls for experiments with the thermoinducible strain, whose isolation is described below. AB1899 ion, a strain of E. coli which forms filaments after low doses of UV light was obtained from Dr. P. Howard-Flanders. Hfr A-235 was obtained from Dr. SE Luria. Media and chemicals: Minimal medium M-635 was supplemented with 0.2% glucose, 0.2% Difco casamino acids (fortified with 0.01% each L-tryptophan, L-serine, and L-threonine), and 0.01% thiamin hydrochloride. Nutrient broth was prepared with either 16 gm. per liter of Difconutrient broth powder or with 5 gm of meat extract, 10 gm of peptone, and 5 gm of NaCl per liter with the pH adjusted to 7.4 with NaOH. Hadacidin was provided by Dr. Shigeura, Merck, Sharp, and Dohme, Rahway, NJGrowth experiments: Cultures which had been grown overnight at room tempera-ture were diluted into M-63 medium containing 0.2% glucose, 0.2% fortified casamino acids, 0.01% thiamin HC1, and 0.01% guanosine and cytidine. The cultures were thenshaken at 26-28 until in log phase. They were quickly chilled and centrifuged and the bacteria were washed and resuspended in cold M-63 medium containing glucose, casamino acids, and thiamin. Ten-ml samples of these suspensions were added to 125-mlnephelometer flasks containing the appropriate additions. The cultures were then shaken at 400, and the optical density of the cultures was followed at 660 m1Awith a Klett colorimeter. Sensitivity to UV irradiation: Cells were grown in nutrient brothuntil in log phase, then chilled and resuspended in cold M-63 minimal medium'to a density