Requirement of Deoxyribonucleic Acid Synthesis for Microcycle Sporulation in Bacillus megaterium
AUTOR(ES)
Mychajlonka, Myron
RESUMO
Bacillus megaterium cells have been examined during outgrowth for their macromolecular content, ability to undergo microcycle sporulation, the time of their growth division, the time of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) replication initiation, and their ability to synthesize DNA after transfer to sporulation medium. The increase in total DNA content of the cells increased discontinuously beginning at 90 min. Thymidine incorporation became insensitive to chloramphenicol between 90 and 105 min of outgrowth. At 90 min the cells acquired the ability to undergo microcycle sporulation and the degree of sporulation depended on the time spent in outgrowth, with maximal sporulation occurring at 180 min. During outgrowth, cells underwent one synchronous growth division beginning at 225 min and ending at 270 min. Outgrowing cells were not able to continue DNA synthesis after transfer to sporulation medium. The data suggest that DNA replication starts before cells are able to undergo microcycle sporulation; however, the initiation of replication may not be the only requirement for microcycle sporulation.
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