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  • Title: Extrachromosomal elements in group N streptococci.
    Author: Cords BR, McKay LL, Guerry P.
    Journal: J Bacteriol; 1974 Mar; 117(3):1149-52. PubMed ID: 4205191.
    Abstract:
    The deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) of Streptococcus lactis C2, S. cremoris B(1), and S. diacetilactis 18-16 was labeled by growing cells in Trypticase soy broth containing (3)H-labeled thymine. The cells were gently lysed with lysozyme, ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, and sodium lauryl sulfate. The chromosomal DNA was separated from plasmid DNA by precipitation with 1.0 M sodium chloride. The existence of covalently closed circular DNA in the three organisms was shown by cesium chloride-ethidium bromide equilibrium density gradient centrifugation of the cleared lysate material. In an attempt to correlate the loss of lactose metabolism with the loss of plasmid DNA, lactose-negative mutants of these organisms were examined for the presence of extrachromosomal particles. Covalently closed circular DNA was detected in the lactose-negative mutants of S. lactis C2 and S. diacetilactis 18-16. In S. cremoris B(1), however, no covalently closed circular DNA was observed by using cesium chloride-ethidium bromide gradients. Electron micrographs of the satellite band material from S. lactis C2 and its lactose-negative mutant confirmed the presence of plasmid DNA. Three distinct plasmids having approximate molecular weights of 1.3 x 10(6), 2.1 x 10(6), and 5.1 x 10(6) were observed in both organisms.
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