The plasmids of Deinococcus spp. and the cloning and restriction mapping of the D. radiophilus plasmid pUE1

Plasmids were found in strains representing all four species of the genus Deinococcus viz. D. radiodurans, D. radiopugnans, D. radiophilus and D. proteolyticus but were not found in the most intensively-investigated strain of the genus, D. radiodurans R1. Their sizes were calculated from electron mi...

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Published in:Archives of microbiology 1985-02, Vol.141 (1), p.91-94
Main Authors: Mackay, M W, al-Bakri, G H, Moseley, B E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Chromosome Mapping
Cloning, Molecular
DNA Restriction Enzymes
DNA, Bacterial - genetics
Micrococcus - genetics
Plasmids
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Summary:Plasmids were found in strains representing all four species of the genus Deinococcus viz. D. radiodurans, D. radiopugnans, D. radiophilus and D. proteolyticus but were not found in the most intensively-investigated strain of the genus, D. radiodurans R1. Their sizes were calculated from electron micrographs. D. radiophilus yielded three size classes of plasmid while D. radiodurans Sark, D. proteolyticus and D. radiopugnans each yielded two. Attempts to cure D. radiophilus and D. radiodurans Sark of any of their plasmids, using a variety of methods, were unsuccessful. A 10.8 kbase pair (kb) plasmid from D. radiophilus, pUE1, was cloned into the PstI site of pAT153 and propagated in Escherichia coli HB101. The recombinant plasmid, pUE109 was subjected to single and double digestion with various restriction endonucleases and its restriction map constructed. The resistance of E. coli HB101 to ultraviolet radiation was not increased when pUE109 was introduced into it. Attempts to transform D. radiodurans with pUE109 failed to detect tetracycline-resistant transformants.
ISSN:0302-8933
1432-072X
DOI:10.1007/BF00446746