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Title: Induction and regeneration of autoplasts from Clostridium thermohydrosulfuricum JW102 and Thermoanaerobacter ethanolicus JW200

Journal Article · · Applied and Environmental Microbiology
OSTI ID:625676

Autolysis was induced to form stable, cell wall-free cells of Clostridium thermohydrosulfuricum JW102 and Thermoanaerobacter ethanolicus JW200, using a complex medium containing glycine (0.4% wt/vol) and/or sucrose or glycerol (10% wt/vol) at an optimum temperature of 64{degrees}C. Autoplasts of both bacteria were grown as L-phase colonies on solid medium; more than 50% of these colonies regenerated to the walled form during prolonged incubation. The removal of the cell wall was confirmed by electron microscopy.

DOE Contract Number:
FG09-89ER14059
OSTI ID:
625676
Journal Information:
Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Vol. 59, Issue 10; Other Information: PBD: Oct 1993
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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