Open AccessProperties of regeneration mutants of Bacillus subtilis
Author(s) -
Akamatsu Takashi,
Sekiguchi Junichi
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
fems microbiology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.899
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1574-6968
pISSN - 0378-1097
DOI - 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1983.tb00161.x
Subject(s) - bacillus subtilis , mutant , regeneration (biology) , protoplast , biology , mutation , microbiology and biotechnology , bacillaceae , bacillales , bacteria , genetics , gene
Abstract Higher regeneration mutants were isolated from Bacillus subtilis . Protoplasts from two out of four mutants regenerated at a 100% frequency on a semi‐synthetic hypertonic medium. They conferred less autolytic productivity, and a revertant regained the parental levels of regeneration frequency and autolytic activities. This mutation ( rgn ‐1) expressed the other pleiotropic properties, i.e., nonmotility, phage PBS1 resistance and different cell morphology.