Transformation of Streptococcus lactis Protoplasts by Plasmid DNA

1 May 1982

journal article
research article
Published by American Society for Microbiology in Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Vol. 43 (5) , 1213-1215
https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.43.5.1213-1215.1982

Abstract

Polyethylene glycol-treated protoplasts prepared from Streptococcus lactis LM3302, a lactose-negative (Lac ⁻ ) derivative of S. lactis ML3, were transformed to lactose-fermenting ability by a transductionally shortened plasmid (pLM2103) coding for lactose utilization.

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