TY - JOUR
T1 - Isolation and characterization of Streptococcus mutans mutants defective in adherence and aggregation
AU - Murchison, H.
AU - Larrimore, S.
AU - Curtiss, R.
PY - 1981
Y1 - 1981
N2 - A method was developed which enriched for mutants of Streptococcus mutants that exhibit defects in adherence to glass, aggregation, or both. Mutants were isolated from derivatives of strains PS14 (serotype c) and 6715 (serotype g) after mutagenesis with either ethyl methane sulfonate or nitrous acid. Cell survival after mutagenesis was kept above 1 to 2% to enhance the probability that mutants resulted from single mutational events. A total of 117 mutants were isolated; they also displayed non-wild type colony morphology on mitis salivarius agar. These mutants were examined for adherence and aggregation after overnight growth in sucrose-containing medium, aggregation of nongrowing cells in the presence of 200 μg of surcrose per ml or 20 μg of dextran per ml, and dextranase production on blue dextran agar plates. Although we isolated mutants which exhibited a variation from the parent strain in only one of the traits tested, the majority of mutants exhibited defects in two or more characteristics. Thirty-eight stable mutants of independent origin were categorized into 13 separate phenotypic groups.
AB - A method was developed which enriched for mutants of Streptococcus mutants that exhibit defects in adherence to glass, aggregation, or both. Mutants were isolated from derivatives of strains PS14 (serotype c) and 6715 (serotype g) after mutagenesis with either ethyl methane sulfonate or nitrous acid. Cell survival after mutagenesis was kept above 1 to 2% to enhance the probability that mutants resulted from single mutational events. A total of 117 mutants were isolated; they also displayed non-wild type colony morphology on mitis salivarius agar. These mutants were examined for adherence and aggregation after overnight growth in sucrose-containing medium, aggregation of nongrowing cells in the presence of 200 μg of surcrose per ml or 20 μg of dextran per ml, and dextranase production on blue dextran agar plates. Although we isolated mutants which exhibited a variation from the parent strain in only one of the traits tested, the majority of mutants exhibited defects in two or more characteristics. Thirty-eight stable mutants of independent origin were categorized into 13 separate phenotypic groups.
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U2 - 10.1128/iai.34.3.1044-1055.1981
DO - 10.1128/iai.34.3.1044-1055.1981
M3 - Article
C2 - 7333663
AN - SCOPUS:0019841478
SN - 0019-9567
VL - 34
SP - 1044
EP - 1055
JO - Infection and immunity
JF - Infection and immunity
IS - 3
ER -