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Effect of bacterial contamination on the incorporation of radioactive phosphate in plant r-RNA

Abstract

It is ascertained that the amount of bacterial colonies in root tips of maize seedlings (Wisconsin 641 AA) constitutes approximately 4.5x10/sup 7/ per gram of fresh weight, 90% of the bacterial colonies being various pseudomonas. In the case when plant RNA is labelled with /sup 32/P, the bacteria take up a large amount of phosphate. Owing to this, the RNA isolated from the root tips and fractionated in agar gel, in addition to 25S and 18S r-RNA of the plant cell cytoplasma contains also 23S and 16S of the bacterial r-RNA. Chloramphenicol at a concentration of 50/cm/sup 3/ does not suppress the incorporation of /sup 32/P by the bacteria. The pseudomonas strains isolated are almost insensitive to chloramphenicol and a number of other antibiotics, such as penicyllin, erythromycin, neomycin and oxacylin. This results, as well as the results, obtained by other researchers, indicate that antibiotics do not suppress effectively the action of bacterial contamination if plant RNA is labelled. Furtheremore, some of them, as streptomycin, for instance, if employed at higher concentrations inhibit the growth of the plant cell. Of all asceptic agents (hypochlorite, ethanol, sulphuric acid, etc.), used for surface sterilization, best results in the elimination of bacterial infection  More>>
Publication Date:
Jan 01, 1974
Product Type:
Journal Article
Reference Number:
AIX-07-260229; EDB-77-014427
Resource Relation:
Journal Name: Fiziol. Rast.; (Bulgaria); Journal Volume: 1:1
Subject:
59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; PHOSPHORUS 32; UPTAKE; BACTERIA; CONTAMINATION; MAIZE; PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; RNA; ROOTS; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BIOMASS; CEREALS; DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; ENERGY SOURCES; GRAMINEAE; GRASS; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; MICROORGANISMS; NUCLEI; NUCLEIC ACIDS; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHORUS ISOTOPES; PLANTS; RADIOISOTOPES; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES; 551001* - Physiological Systems- Tracer Techniques
OSTI ID:
7345024
Country of Origin:
Bulgaria
Language:
Bulgarian
Other Identifying Numbers:
Journal ID: CODEN: FZRSA
Submitting Site:
INIS
Size:
Pages: 7-16
Announcement Date:
Oct 01, 1976

Citation Formats

Koleva, S, Khanymova, T, Marinova, E, and Varadinova, S. Effect of bacterial contamination on the incorporation of radioactive phosphate in plant r-RNA. Bulgaria: N. p., 1974. Web.
Koleva, S, Khanymova, T, Marinova, E, & Varadinova, S. Effect of bacterial contamination on the incorporation of radioactive phosphate in plant r-RNA. Bulgaria.
Koleva, S, Khanymova, T, Marinova, E, and Varadinova, S. 1974. "Effect of bacterial contamination on the incorporation of radioactive phosphate in plant r-RNA." Bulgaria.
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title = {Effect of bacterial contamination on the incorporation of radioactive phosphate in plant r-RNA}
author = {Koleva, S, Khanymova, T, Marinova, E, and Varadinova, S}
abstractNote = {It is ascertained that the amount of bacterial colonies in root tips of maize seedlings (Wisconsin 641 AA) constitutes approximately 4.5x10/sup 7/ per gram of fresh weight, 90% of the bacterial colonies being various pseudomonas. In the case when plant RNA is labelled with /sup 32/P, the bacteria take up a large amount of phosphate. Owing to this, the RNA isolated from the root tips and fractionated in agar gel, in addition to 25S and 18S r-RNA of the plant cell cytoplasma contains also 23S and 16S of the bacterial r-RNA. Chloramphenicol at a concentration of 50/cm/sup 3/ does not suppress the incorporation of /sup 32/P by the bacteria. The pseudomonas strains isolated are almost insensitive to chloramphenicol and a number of other antibiotics, such as penicyllin, erythromycin, neomycin and oxacylin. This results, as well as the results, obtained by other researchers, indicate that antibiotics do not suppress effectively the action of bacterial contamination if plant RNA is labelled. Furtheremore, some of them, as streptomycin, for instance, if employed at higher concentrations inhibit the growth of the plant cell. Of all asceptic agents (hypochlorite, ethanol, sulphuric acid, etc.), used for surface sterilization, best results in the elimination of bacterial infection on maize seeds have been obtained with 0.1% HgCl/sub 2/ after treatment for 2 min. In spite of the elimination of the bacterial contamination with HgCl/sub 2/,the RNA from the elongated cells, labelled with /sup 32/P for an hour, is distributed into four fractions in the agar gel conversely to the RNA isolated from dividing cells, where only the two 25S and 18S fractions of plant cytoplasmic r-RNA are observed. An assumption is made that the two more fast-moving r-RNA fractions, as compared with 25S and 18S of plant r-RNA, isolated from elongating cells, originate from subcellular organelles, since the mitochondria and the proplstids are fully differentiated during the phase of the elongation of the plant cell.}
journal = []
volume = {1:1}
journal type = {AC}
place = {Bulgaria}
year = {1974}
month = {Jan}
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