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  • Title: [Isolation of Staphylococcus aureus protoplasts using lysoamidase].
    Author: Petrov VV, Ratner EN, Severin AI, Fikhte BA, Kulaev IS.
    Journal: Prikl Biokhim Mikrobiol; 1990; 26(3):413-21. PubMed ID: 2202987.
    Abstract:
    The effect of the bacteriolytic enzyme preparation, lysoamidase, on Staphylococcus aureus 209P cells was studied. The protoplast formation was examined by spectrophotometric, biochemical and electron microscopic methods. Optimal conditions for isolation of S. aureus protoplasts were chosen. The susceptibility of S. aureus cells to lysoamidase depended on the culture age: the maximum effect was observed in the logarithmic growth phase. The protoplast yield was 80% when 1 M sucrose was used as an osmotic stabilizer. Lysoamidase caused local disruptures of the staphylococcus cell walls, which resulted in the formation of osmotically fragile spheroplasts and the release of protoplasts into the medium. The protoplasts obtained could retain 85-90% of the respiration activity and were able of cell wall regeneration.
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