scholarly journals Nucleic acid enzymology of extremely halophilic bacteria. Halobacterium cutirubrum ribonucleic acid-dependent ribonucleic acid polymerase

1971 ◽  
Vol 121 (4) ◽  
pp. 629-633 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Gregory Louis ◽  
P. S. Fitt
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Sodium Chloride ◽  
Nucleic Acid ◽  
Ribonucleic Acid ◽  
Halophilic Bacteria ◽  
Chloride Concentration ◽  
Nucleoside Triphosphate ◽  
Extreme Halophile ◽  
Sodium Chloride Concentration ◽  
The Stability

1. Crude extracts of the extreme halophile Halobacterium cutirubrum contain separable DNA-dependent and RNA-dependent RNA polymerases. 2. The RNA-dependent enzyme has been purified about 2800-fold. 3. It requires RNA, preferably of high molecular weight, and all four ribonucleoside triphosphates to incorporate 14C-labelled nucleoside triphosphate into an acid-insoluble, ribonuclease-sensitive product. 4. Both the stability and activity of the RNA polymerase are relatively insensitive to changes in potassium chloride or sodium chloride concentration, but incorporation is stimulated by both Mg2+ and Mn2+. 5. The molecular weight of the enzyme is about 17000–18000.

scholarly journals Nucleic acid enzymology of extremely halophilic bacteria. Halobacterium cutirubrum deoxyribonucleic acid-dependent ribonucleic acid polymerase

1971 ◽  
Vol 121 (4) ◽  
pp. 621-627 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Gregory Louis ◽  
P. S. Fitt
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Rna Polymerase ◽  
Deoxyribonucleic Acid ◽  
Halophilic Bacteria ◽  
Nucleoside Triphosphate ◽  
Extreme Halophile ◽  
Univalent Cations ◽  
Absolute Requirement ◽  
Nucleoside Triphosphates

1. DNA-dependent RNA polymerase was purified 150-fold from crude extracts of the extreme halophile Halobacterium cutirubrum. 2. The enzyme requires the presence of native DNA and all four nucleoside triphosphates to incorporate 14C-labelled nucleoside triphosphate into an acid-insoluble ribonuclease-sensitive product. 3. It has an absolute requirement for both Mn2+ and Mg2+. 4. The polymerase requires a high salt concentration for stability, but is markedly inhibited by univalent cations. 5. Its molecular weight is very low compared with that of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase.

RELATION OF TEMPERATURE AND SODIUM CHLORIDE CONCENTRATION TO GROWTH AND MORPHOLOGY OF SOME HALOPHILIC BACTERIA

1961 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 483-489 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. E. Gibbons ◽  
John I. Payne
Keyword(s):  
Sodium Chloride ◽  
Salt Concentration ◽  
Halophilic Bacteria ◽  
Maximum Yield ◽  
Chloride Concentration ◽  
Sodium Chloride Concentration ◽  
Halobacterium Salinarium ◽  
Irregular Shapes ◽  
Maximum Turbidity

The red halophiles, Halobacterium salinarium, H. cutirubrum, H. halobium, and Sarcina litoralis, grew most rapidly at salt concentrations of 20–25% and temperatures of 40–45 °C. Maximum turbidity was obtained at similar salt concentrations but at 35–40 °C. An unidentified colorless rod grew most rapidly at salt concentrations of 17.5–20% and temperatures of 40–50 °C, but produced maximum yield at 30 °C. The rod forms changed from long slender rods through irregular shapes to spheres as the salt concentration was decreased. At temperatures above the optimum, cells were very irregular, but otherwise temperature at any one salt concentration had little or no effect on the morphology.

TURBIDITY OF SUSPENSIONS AND MORPHOLOGY OF RED HALOPHILIC BACTERIA AS INFLUENCED BY SODIUM CHLORIDE CONCENTRATION

1960 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 535-543 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dinah Abram ◽  
N. E. Gibbons
Keyword(s):  
Sodium Chloride ◽  
Salt Concentration ◽  
Morphological Changes ◽  
Halophilic Bacteria ◽  
Chloride Concentration ◽  
Chloride Content ◽  
Wall Structure ◽  
Abrupt Decrease ◽  
High Sodium ◽  
Rigid Cell Wall

The optical densities of suspensions of cells of Halobacterium cutirubrum, H. halobium, or H. salinarium, grown in media containing 4.5 M sodium chloride, increase as the salt concentration of the suspending medium decreases, until a maximum is reached at about 2 M; below this concentration there is an abrupt decrease in optical density. The cells are rod shaped in 4.5 M salt and change, as the salt concentration decreases, through irregular transition forms to spheres; equal numbers of transition forms and spheres are present at the point of maximum turbidity, while spheres predominate at lower salt concentrations. Cells suspended in 3.0 M salt, although slightly swollen, are viable, but viability decreases rapidly with the more drastic changes in morphology at lower salt concentrations. Cells grown in the presence of iron are more resistant to morphological changes but follow the same sequence. Cells "fixed" with formaldehyde, at any point in the sequence, act as osmometers and do not rupture in distilled water although their volume increases 10–14 times. The results indicate that the red halophilic rods require a high sodium chloride content in their growth or suspending medium to maintain a rigid cell wall structure.

scholarly journals Characterization of Virus Adsorption by Using DEAE-Sepharose and Octyl-Sepharose

2002 ◽  
Vol 68 (8) ◽  
pp. 3965-3968 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia A. Shields ◽  
Samuel R. Farrah
Keyword(s):  
Sodium Chloride ◽  
Electrostatic Interactions ◽  
Hydrophobic Interactions ◽  
Chloride Concentration ◽  
Sodium Chloride Concentration ◽  
Virus Adsorption ◽  
Nacl Concentration

ABSTRACT Viruses were characterized by their adsorption to DEAE-Sepharose or by their elution from octyl-Sepharose by using buffered solutions of sodium chloride with different ionic strengths. Viruses whose adsorption to DEAE-Sepharose was reduced most rapidly by an increase in the sodium chloride concentration were considered to have the weakest electrostatic interactions with the solids; these viruses included MS2, E1, and φX174. Viruses whose adsorption to DEAE-Sepharose was reduced least rapidly were considered to have the strongest electrostatic interactions with the column; these viruses included P1, T4, T2, and E5. All of the viruses studied adsorbed to octyl-Sepharose in the presence of 4 M NaCl. Viruses that were eluted most rapidly following a decrease in the concentration of NaCl were considered to have the weakest hydrophobic interactions with the column; these viruses included φX174, CB4, and E1. Viruses that were eluted least rapidly from the columns after the NaCl concentration was decreased were considered to have the strongest hydrophobic interactions with the column; these viruses included f2, MS2, and E5.

scholarly journals Plant Response to Saline Substrates II. Chloride, Sodium, and Potassium Uptake and Translocation in Young Plants of Hordeum Vulgare During and After a Short Sodium Chloride Treatment

1962 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 39 ◽  
Author(s):  
H Greenway
Keyword(s):  
Sodium Chloride ◽  
Hordeum Vulgare ◽  
Salinity Stress ◽  
Chloride Concentration ◽  
Plant Response ◽  
Potassium Uptake ◽  
Sodium Chloride Concentration ◽  
Subsequent Response ◽  
Chloride Treatment ◽  
Sodium And Potassium

Young barley plants, Hordeum vulgare cv. Chevron, were subjected to a sodium chloride concentration of 100 m-equiv/l. In a "continued" treatment, the salinity stress was maintained for 15 days. In a "removed" treatment, sodium chloride was removed from the substrate after 5 days, and the subsequent response was studied over a period of 10 days.

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