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Properties of purified sporlets produced by spoII mutants of Bacillus subtilis.

Journal of bacteriology ·Vol. 174 ·No. 24 ·1992-12-00 ·Pages 8148-51

Magill NG, Setlow P

Abstract

A number of abortively disporic spoII mutants of Bacillus subtilis released their forespore compartments (termed stage II sporlets) after mother cell lysis during sporulation in nutrient exhaustion or resuspension media. Stage II sporlets were viable and contained levels of ATP and a number of enzymes similar to those in cells 2 to 3 h after sporulation. However, stage II sporlets carried out essentially no macromolecular synthesis, a result suggesting that they were in a quiescent state. The nucleoid of these quiescent stage II sporlets was significantly condensed relative to that in the original vegetative cells, as was previously found to take place 1 to 2 h after initiation of sporulation (B. Setlow, N. Magill, P. Febbroriello, L. Nakhimousky, D. E. Koppel, and P. Setlow, J. Bacteriol. 173:6270-6278, 1991). Stage II sporlets may be a useful model system for analysis of forespore properties early in stage II of sporulation.

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MeSH Terms
Bacillus subtilis/genetics,physiology Mutation Spores, Bacterial/genetics
Authors & Affiliations
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Magill N G
Department of Biochemistry, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington 06030-3305.
Setlow P
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Article Info
Journal
Journal of bacteriology
Abbr.
J Bacteriol
ISSN
0021-9193
Published
1992-12-00
Pages
8148-51
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
2985120R
PMCID
PMC207555
Subset
IM
Grants
NIGMS NIH HHS · GM19698 · United States
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