Autolysis of bacterial cells capable of producing lytic enzyme.

The genome of archaeal prophage PsiM100 encodes the lytic enzyme responsible for autolysis of Methanothermobacter wolfeii.

Methanothermobacter wolfeii (formerly Methanobacterium wolfei), a thermophilic methanoarchaeon whose cultures lyse upon hydrogen starvation, carries a defective prophage called PsiM100 on its chromosome. The nucleotide sequence of PsiM100 and its flanking regions was established and compared to that of the previously sequenced phage PsiM2 of Methanothermobacter marburgensis (formerly Methanobac...

Studies on Sucrose-Induced Autolysis of Clostridial Cells Part 1. Induction of a Rapid Bacterial Autolysis by Sucrose Treatment

Growing cells of Clostridium saccharoperbutylacetonicum Nl-4 (ATCC 13564) were rapidly autolyzed in the presence of 0.3 to 0.5M sucrose. This autolysis was apparently induced by the treatment with sucrose, and termed “sucrose-induced autolysis.” The maximum effect was shown at 0.35M sucrose, exhib i t ing about 50% loss of initial turbidity of the cell suspension. The rate of lysis depended on ...

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF HYDRILLA VERTICILLA TA (L.f.) ROYLE WITH LYTIC ENZYME-PRODUCING MICROORGANISMS

Novel bacterial isolate from Permian groundwater, capable of aggregating potential biofuel-producing microalga Nannochloropsis oceanica IMET1.

Increasing petroleum costs and climate change have resulted in microalgae receiving attention as potential biofuel producers. Little information is available on the diversity and functions of bacterial communities associated with biofuel-producing algae. A potential biofuel-producing microalgal strain, Nannochloropsis oceanica IMET1, was grown in Permian groundwater. Changes in the bacterial co...

A novel bacterial isolate from Permian ground water capable of 5 aggregating potential biofuel - producing

8 Hui Wang, Haywood D Laughinghouse IV, Matthew A. Anderson, Feng Chen, Ernest 9 Willliams, Allen R. Place, Odi Zmora, Yonathan Zohar, Tianling Zheng 10 and Russell T. Hill 11 12 Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology, University of Maryland Center for 13 Environmental Science; University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, USA; 14 Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education ...