Plasmid Profile and Characterization on Negative Mutants for Lactose and Citrate Metabolism Derived from Leuconostoc mesenteroides.

Accession number;01A0695794
Title;Plasmid Profile and Characterization on Negative Mutants for Lactose and Citrate Metabolism Derived from Leuconostoc mesenteroides.
Author; SEWAKI TOMOMITSU (Okayama Univ., Fac. of Agric.) TAGAWA YUJI (Okayama Univ., Fac. of Agric.) MIYAMOTO TAKU (Okayama Univ., Fac. of Agric.)
Journal Title;Milk Science
Journal Code:F0966A
ISSN:1343-0289
VOL.50;NO.2;PAGE.49-54(2001)
Figure&Table&Reference;FIG.4, TBL.2, REF.23
Pub. Country;Japan
Language;Japanese
Abstract;Lactose- and citrate-negative (Lac-and Cit-) mutants were isolated after the treatment of Leuconostoc mesenteroides strains 6-1-9 and OR-2 with acrldine orange and examined for their plasmid profiles and enzymatical characteristics. Lac- mutants, designated 6-1-9-1 and 6-1-9-2 were dificient a 38Mdal plasmid and they lost activities of the lactose-splitting enzyme (.BETA.-galactosidase). On the other hand, Cit- mutant (OR-2-1) missing a 15Mdal plasmid lost the citrate permease activity, although it possessed less citrase activity. (author abst.)