Open AccessFactors involved in the transformation of previously non‐transformable Clostridium perfringens type B
Author(s) -
Chen Chihkuang,
Boucle Catherine M.,
Blaschek Hans P.
Publication year - 1996
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.1574-6968.1996.tb08334.x
Subject(s) - clostridium perfringens , plasmid , transformation (genetics) , electroporation , microbiology and biotechnology , incubation , biology , dna , methylation , gene , chemistry , genetics , biochemistry , bacteria
The pre‐shock incubation of cells plus DNA and the methylation state of plasmid DNA were found to play a role in the electroporation‐based transformation of Clostridium perfringens 3626B. Following pre‐shock incubation, the highest number of C. perfringens 3626B transformants was obtained when plasmid pGK201 was both dam + dcm + modified, while no transformants were obtained when pGK201 was not methylated or only dcm methylated. This is consistent with the observation that plasmid pGK201 was protected against digestion by C. perfringens 3626B cell‐associated nucleases for up to 3 min when methylated by both methylases. C. perfringens 3626B was successfully transformed only within a narrow cell recovery rate window. The erm AM gene associated with pGK201 and pAK102 was found to integrate into the chromosome of C. perfringens strains 13A and 3626B.