Preparation and Some Properties of Active Protoplasts of Bacillus megaterium

Open Access

1 October 1968

journal article
Published by Microbiology Society in Journal of General Microbiology

Vol. 53 (3) , 425-430
https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-53-3-425

Abstract

SUMMARY: A method for the preparation of protoplasts of Bacillus megaterium is described. The protoplasts obtained were very active metabolically and lysates of them were rich in polyribosomes. Methods for the detection of polyribosomes and of nascent peptides are detailed.

Keywords

SUMMARY
LYSATES
RICH
POLYRIBOSOMES
ACTIVE PROTOPLASTS
PROPERTIES OF ACTIVE
PROTOPLASTS OF BACILLUS
MEGATERIUM