Interspecific Variation in the Protoplast Formation of the Genus Cellulomonas

Cellulomonas속 종간의 원형질체 형성조건의 차이에 대하여

In order to develope interspecific fusion of the genus Cellulomonas capable of assimilation cellulose, the optimun conditions for the protoplast formation was investigated to examine the susceptibility of cell wall, between different species of the same genus using scanning electron microscope. The variation in the susceptibilities of Cellulomonas sp. CS 1-1 and C. flavigena to lysozyme treatment were considerably remarkable, although they belong to the same genus. The rate of protoplast formation of CS1-1 was 99.9% being treated with lysozyme $(100{\mu}g/ml)$ for 30 minute and that of C. flavigena was about 80% being treated at the concentration of $600{\mu}g/ml$ of lysozyme for 6 hours. The susceptibility of cell wall to the lysozyme treatment on protoplast formation of the strain, CS1-1 seems not to be depend on the cultural periods of cells. On the contrary, that of C. flavigena was considerably depend on the periods. Cells of C. flavigena at mid exponential phase could be more efficiently converted to protoplast cells than those at late exponential phase be done. The rate of the protoplast formation was 95%, when cells of C. flavigena at mid exponential phase were treated with lysozyme $600{\mu}g/ml$ for 6 hours and observed by SEM. In the evalution of protoplast formation of the CS1-1 results of counting method in plate after osmotic shock treatment were similar to the results of the direct observation method by means of SEM. But in the case of C. flavigena the latter method was much more reliable than the former, because the differences between the number of spheroplasts and protoplasts were not able to figure out on conuting the number of protoplast after osmotic shock tretment.

Cellulose분해력이 높은 Cellulomonas속 세균의 원형질체 융합을 위한 원형질체 형성조건을 조사하여 본 결과 같은 Cellulomonas 속인 Cellulomonas sp. C S 1- 1과 Cellulomonas flavigena NCIB 12901 균주일지라도 그 형성조건에 현저한 차이가 있어 CS1-l균주는 lysozyme농도 $100{\mu}g/ml$ 30분정도의 처리로 99.9%의 높은 원형질체 형성을 얻을 수 있는 반면 C.flavigena 균주는 lysozyme 농도도 훨씬 높고 장시간이 소요되어 $600{\mu}g/ml$. 6시간 정도의 처리에 약80%의 원형질체 형성을 보였다. 또한 세균 배양기간이 미치는 영향도 CS1-l균주는 별 영향을 받지 않고 원형질체화 되었으나 C. flavigena균주는 매우 민감하게 영향을 받아 대수증식기 중기의 세포가 말기의 세포보다 원형 질체가 잘 이루어 졌다. 원형질체 형성확인방법에서도 CS-1 균주는 osmotic shock을 주어 원형질체를 계수하거나 SEM으로 확인하거나 같은 결과를 얻었으나 C. flavigena 균주는 osmotic shock에 의한 원형질체의 계수결과와 SEM으로의 결과가 서로 달라 확인방법으로 두 방법이 병행되어져야 함을 보여주었다.