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. 1973 Jul;115(1):291-8.
doi: 10.1128/jb.115.1.291-298.1973.

Plasmid in Bacillus pumilus and the enhanced sporulation of plasmid-negative variants

P S Lovett

Plasmid in Bacillus pumilus and the enhanced sporulation of plasmid-negative variants

P S Lovett. J Bacteriol. 1973 Jul.

Abstract

Approximately 3% of the deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) of Bacillus pumilus NRS576 can be isolated as covalently closed, circular duplex molecules of homogeneous size. The mol wt of the 576 plasmid is approximately 30 million. NRS576 (plasmid(+)) is oligosporogenic; less than 1% of the cells form spores during incubation in liquid AK sporulation medium. Variants that form spores at a high frequency (greater than 50% spores in 24 h) occur spontaneously at a frequency of approximately 10(-5). More than 25 such variants have been examined and all lack detectable plasmid DNA. A relationship appears to exist between the oligosporogenic properties of NRS576 and the presence of the 576 plasmid.

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