Crude Lysates of Staphylococcus aureus Can Transform Bacillus subtilis

Abstract
Plasmids can be transferred from S. aureus to B. subtilis by crude lysates prepared with penicillin or lysostaphin. These lysates mediate drug-resistance plasmid transformation in competent B. subtilis at an efficiency paralleling that of purified DNA.

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