Abstract
Moderately halophilic bacteria were collected from solar salt with Larsen medium containing $10\%$ NaCl. A total of 56 strains were isolated and tested for the presence of plasmid DNA by agarose gel electrophoresis. Twelve isolates ($21\%$) carried at least one kind of plasmid. Six different isolates among them were selected to study the molecular weight of plasmids and the morphological and physiological characters. Vibrio sp. 14, Alcaligenes sp. 63, Pseudomonas sp. 11, Flavobacterium sp. 38, Bacillus sp. 16, and Alcaligenes sp. 52 carried at least one plasmid of about 7.2 kbp, 6.4 kbp, 6.85 kbp, 8.5 kbp, 8.75 kbp, and 6.8 kbp respectively.
천일염으로 부터의 $10\%$ NaCl 농도에서 생육할 수 있는 moderate 호염성 세균들을 대상으로하여 간단한 boiling 법으로 plasmid 유전자를 함유하는 6종을 선별하여 Alkaline-Lysis 법과 고분자 plasmid 추출법인 D. Portnoy & F. White 방법에 따라 plasmid를 추출하여 agarose gel 전기영동으로 확인하였고 각 균을 동정하였다. 그중 Vibrio sp. 14는 최소 7.2kbp, Alcaligenes sp.63은 6.4 kbp, Pseudomonas sp.11은 6.35 kbp, Flavohacterium sp.38은 8.5 kbp, Bacillus sp.16은 8.75 kbp, Alcaligenes sp.52는 6.8kbp 크기의 plasmid를 가지고 있는 것으로 나타났다.