Effect of growth rate on the maintenance of a recombinant plasmid inBacillus subtilis |
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Authors: | T. G. Watson A. Pinches M. E. Louw |
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Affiliation: | (1) Fermentation Technology Division, National Food Research Institute, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, P O Box 395, 0001 Pretoria, Republic of South Africa |
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Abstract: | Summary The rate of fall in the proportion of plasmid-containing cells in a population ofBacillus subtilis 1A297[pVC102] grown in continuous culture was independent of growth rate. Plasmid loss could not be ascribed to faulty partitioning during cell division. At a low dilution rate, the specific rate of plasmid loss exceeded the specific growth rate of the plasmid-containing cells. |
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