Bacillus subtilis β-1, 4-Endoglucanase Products from Intact and Truncated Genes Are Secreted into the Extracellular Medium by Escherichia coli

Integration of stable extracellular DNA released from Escherichia coli into the Bacillus subtilis genome vector by culture mix method

The stable cloning of giant DNA is a necessary process in the production of recombinant/synthetic genomes. Handling DNA molecules in test tubes becomes increasingly difficult as their size increases, particularly above 100 kb. The need to prepare such large DNA molecules in a regular manner has limited giant DNA cloning to certain laboratories. Recently, we found stable plasmid DNA of up to 100...

multimer) to Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis

Cloning of the debranching-enzyme gene from Thermoanaerobium brockii into Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis.

The gene for an enzyme with single or dual specificity on complex carbohydrates has been transferred from its native host (Thermoanaerobium brockii), a thermophilic anaerobe, into Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis. Most of the gene coding region is in a 2.2-kilobase PstI fragment that is common to the E. coli and B. subtilis chimeric vectors pCPC902 and pCPC903, respectively. Although the ...

Heterologous Bacillus subtilis-Escherichia coli Gene Fusion

Translational coupling was demonstrated in a gene fusion in which the promoter and the N-terminal region of the Bacillus subtilis subtilisin (aprA) gene were fused to a promoterless Tn9-derived chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT; EC 2.3.1.28) gene. Expression of this gene fusion results in the production of a native-sized CAT product, whereas the Tn9-derived CAT gene is usually not translat...

Effect of Microwaves on Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis.

Suspensions of Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis spores were exposed to conventional thermal and microwave energy at 2,450 MHz. The degrees of inactivation by the different energy sources were compared quantitatively. During the transient heating period by microwave energy, approximately a 6 log cycle reduction in viability was encountered for E. coli. This reduction was nearly identical t...