Article
[The effect of silicon metabolism on genetic transformation in Bacillus subtilis].
Molekuliarnaia genetika, mikrobiologiia i virusologiia - 1 Feb 1991
Malkov S V, Barabanshchikov B I
Abstract excerpt
Germanium dioxide is found to increase the frequencies of the genetical transformation in Bacillus subtilis 30-40 fold. The increased frequency of transformation was registered in Sil- mutant in contrast to Sil+ strain having the decreased one. Bacillus megatherium strain KU-2 and Bacillus oligon...
Topics
- Bacillus
- Bacillus subtilis
- Cell Survival
- Genes, Bacterial
- Germanium
- Mutation
- Plasmids
- Silicon
- Soil Microbiology
- Transformation, Genetic
