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  • Title: Characteristics of chromosomal DNA isolated from Escherichia coli spheroplasts.
    Author: Tada Y, Yamaguchi J.
    Journal: Microbiol Immunol; 1984; 28(8):853-62. PubMed ID: 6390097.
    Abstract:
    The chromosomal DNA of Escherichia coli spheroplasts induced by penicillin G was studied biochemically and electron microscopically. Although the spheroplasts were unable to divide, they continued to synthesize chromosomal DNA for several hours even in the presence of penicillin G. Some differences were observed between the chromosomal DNA of the parent cells and that of the spheroplasts in sucrose gradient centrifugation and electron microscopy; two types of chromosomal DNA, a slower sedimenting form and a faster sedimenting form, were released from the gently lysed parent cells. The former was membrane-free folded chromosome and the latter was membrane-associated chromosome. In contrast, the chromosome from the spheroplast showed a single intermediate value of sedimentation coefficient between those of the chromosomal DNA from the parent cell. Cytochrome spreading for electron microscopy showed that the spheroplast chromosomal DNA formed an aggregated mass consisting of several chromosome-molecules of the parent cell.
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