Transfection in Micromonospora spp.
AUTOR(ES)
Caso, J L
RESUMO
The introduction of bacteriophage DNA into Micromonospora protoplasts, resulting in the production of infective viral progeny, is reported. Transfection was affected by several factors. We observed that it reached a maximum when protoplasts from young mycelium (15 h old) were used. Maximum transfection took place when polyethylene glycol (PEG) was added to the mixtures at a final concentration of 20% (vol/vol) and did not occur at PEG concentrations under 10% or over 35%. The addition of positively charged liposomes to the mixtures was essential, since no transfectants were detected in the absence of liposomes at any PEG concentration. When DNA was present in nonlimiting amounts, a maximum efficiency of around 10(-3) to 10(-4) PFU per protoplast was obtained. The efficiency per DNA molecule showed a constant value of around 10(-4) to 10(-5) PFU, but the data suggest that transfection could be achieved by a single DNA molecule. The method proved to be equally efficient for the DNAs of at least five Micromonospora bacteriophages. On the contrary, we failed to transfect five of seven Micromonospora strains. These data suggest that only a minor subpopulation of protoplasts is competent and that the main factors influencing the transfection of Micromonospora protoplasts are neither the characteristics nor the origin of the DNA but the properties and status of the protoplasts.
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