A characterization of mutants of Staphylococcus aureus exhibiting increased sensitivity to ultraviolet radiation

Goering, Richard V

doi:10.31274/rtd-180816-3490

DOI: 10.31274/rtd-180816-3490

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A characterization of mutants of Staphylococcus aureus exhibiting increased sensitivity to ultraviolet radiation

Richard V Goering

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“…induction of prophage in Staphylococcus aureus is well known (Wyman et al, 1974;Smith & Dunican, 1974;Smith et al, 1975). In addition to several mutants defective in host cell reactivation (Goering & Pattee, 1971), rec strains with properties similar to those of E. coli recA (Inoue et al, 1972;Wyman et al, 1974) and E . coli recB,C (Goering & Pattee, 1971) have been isolated.…”

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Novel Patterns of Ultraviolet Mutagenesis and Weigle Reactivation in Staphylococcus aureus and Phage o11

Thompson

Hart

1981

Microbiology

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The effects of u.v. irradiation on the survival of Staphylococcus aureus and its phage phi 11 were studied. The recA and uvr mutations affected their survival in a similar way to synonymous mutations in Escherichia coli. Weigle reactivation (W-reactivation) of phi 11 occurred in wild-type S. aureus and in a uvr mutant but to a lesser extent than has been found for phage lambda in E. coli. Reactivation was recA-dependent and was accompanied by u.v.-induced mutagenesis in a temperature-sensitive mutant of phi 11. Bacterial mutation to streptomycin resistance was induced by u.v. and was also recA-dependent. In S. aureus, as in E. coli, u.v. was a more effective mutagen in the uvr genetic background. However, a dose-squared response for u.v.-induced mutation of wild-type and uvr strains of S. aureus to streptomycin resistance, and of a trp auxotroph to tryptophan independence, was found only with u.v. doses below 1 J m-2. We suggest that, in relation to the Uvr mechanism of DNA repair, u.v. mutagenesis in S. aureus involves both repairable and non-repairable lesions. As in E. coli, the uvr genetic background reduced the u.v. dose required for maximal W-reactivation of u.v.-irradiated phage. However, there was no enhancement of W-reactivation by post-irradiation broth incubation of S. aureus. Our results are compatible with a non-inducible mechanism for this phenomenon.

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Novel Patterns of Ultraviolet Mutagenesis and Weigle Reactivation in Staphylococcus aureus and Phage o11

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Hart

1981

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A characterization of mutants of Staphylococcus aureus exhibiting increased sensitivity to ultraviolet radiation

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Novel Patterns of Ultraviolet Mutagenesis and Weigle Reactivation in Staphylococcus aureus and Phage o11

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