Evidence for an active role of donor cells in natural transformation of Pseudomonas stutzeri.
AUTOR(ES)
Stewart, G J
RESUMO
The transfer of chromosomal genes in a cell mat of Pseudomonas stutzeri was ca. 10(3) times more efficient per microgram of DNA if DNA was added as a constituent of intact donor cells rather than as a solution. Such intact cell-mediated transfer appears to depend on cell contact. It is independent of the presence of plasmids in donor strains and is DNase I sensitive, thus fitting the usual definition of transformation. It is bidirectional: cells of either strain in a transformation mixture served as the donor and recipients. The donor function in cell contact transformation was inhibited by nalidixic acid but was unaffected by rifampin and streptomycin at growth-inhibiting concentrations. Concentrations of nalidixic acid sufficient to inhibit donor function completely had no effect on the ability of nalidixic acid-resistant recipients to take up DNA from solution. These experiments suggest that certain cells donate DNA to others in the cell mat: they argue against the hypothesis that the function of donor cells is merely cell lysis.
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