Properties of a Novel Pleiotropic Bacteriophage-Resistant Mutant of Staphylococcus aureus H1
AUTOR(ES)
Chatterjee, Anadi N.
RESUMO
A phage-resistant mutant of Staphylococcus aureus H (SmR), S. aureus 52A5, was previously shown to lack polymeric teichoic acid. This paper characterizes other phenotypic differences between the strains. In broth cultures the mutant cells grew more slowly, were larger, and formed much larger clumps than the parent strain. The clumps of cells appeared to be covalently linked and could only be separated by mild sonic energy—a process which yielded viable cells. Mutant and parent cells autolyzed at equal rates, whereas isolated cell walls of the mutant strain autolyzed faster than the wild type. Nevertheless, the specific activity of the autolytic enzyme in the wild type soluble fraction was much higher than in the mutant. In contrast to the parent, strain 52A5 failed to accumulate nucleotide-bound murein precursors when treated with penicillin. Mutant strains with these characteristics were repeatedly isolated both spontaneously and by chemical mutagenesis. Strain 52A5 was shown to be fully revertible. Thus, it appears to be a pleiotropic mutation, and the possible nature of the defect which causes these varied effects is discussed.
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