Binding of Radioactive Benzylpenicillin to Asporogenous Mutants of Bacillus subtilis During Postexponential Growth
AUTOR(ES)
Rogolsky, Marvin
RESUMO
The specific penicillin binding capacity of a postexponential culture of Staphylococcus aureus remains constant, but that of a sporulating Bacillus subtilis culture fluctuates dramatically. An initial decrease in binding capacity during presporulation events is followed by two distinct intervals of enhanced specific binding capacity during the postlogarithmic growth of a sporulating B. subtilis culture. The first peak of enhanced binding occurs during septation, when enzymes for germ cell wall formation are present; and the second peak coincides with cortical biosynthesis. The specific postlogarithmic binding capacities of a number of Spo− mutants of B. subtilis were examined to ascertain if specific asporogenous mutations altered the binding pattern observed with the wild-type organism. Four distinct postexponential binding patterns were recognized: (i) a low, constant binding capacity resembling the binding pattern of S. aureus, (ii) a decrease in binding capacity with no subsequent significant peaks, (iii) a decrease in binding capacity followed by a single peak corresponding to the first peak seen with the wild type, (iv) a pattern similar to the wild type. The fourth pattern was observed in a mutant blocked during stage III of sporogenesis which produced forespores that never became refractile. Mutations blocking either one or both periods of enhanced postlogarithmic binding were interspersed throughout a linkage group of spore genes next to lys-2 on the B. subtilis chomosome.
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