Bacteriophage-like Particles Induced by Mitomycin C in Bacillus circulans F-2

Mitomycin C에 의해 유도되는 Bacillus cirulans F-2의 Bacteriophage-like 입자

To detect prophages and bacterioeins, twenty strains of Bacillus circulans were treated with mitomycin C. The resulted lysates were subjected to electron microscopy, and also examined for killing and plaque-forming activities. Fifteen strains showed killing activity on two or more strains of Bacillue circulans. Killing agents were centrifuged in linear 5 to 20% sucrose gradient, and studied with electron microscopy which revealed the presence of particles.They looked morphologically like phage tail of 190 nm long with fiber (FA9, FA5) or without fiber (FA1, FA6), T even phage-like particle with a head of 50 nm in diameter and a tail of 140 nm long (FA7), or T7 phage-like particle with a head of 70 nm in diameter and a tail of 20 nm long (FA17). The killing agent of FA17 showed phage-forming activity on several strains different from killing sensitive strains of Bacillus circulans.

Bacillu circulans F-2를 포함한 B.circulans의 prophage와 bacteriocin을 검출하기 위하여, mitomycin C를 처리하고 전자현미경상, plaque 형성능(plaque-forming activity), 세균세포살균능(killing activtiy)을 실험했다. killing activity 양성균으로부터 서당밀도균배원심(sucrose gradient centrifugation)을 통해 bacteriophage-like particle의 존재를 확인하였다. 이들 입자들은 형태학적으로 phage tail 또는 T4 phage와 닮은 구조를 가지고 있었다.