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Diversity of DNA methylation pattern and total DNA restriction pattern in symbiotic Nostoc
Authors:F Lotti  L Giovannetti  M C Margheri  S Ventura  R Materassi
Institution:(1) Present address: DSTAM-Sez. Microbiologia Applicata, Piazzale delle Cascine 27, I-50144 Firenze, Italy;(2) Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Alimentari e Microbiologiche — Sez. Microbiologia Applicata, Università di Firenze, Italy;(3) Centro di Studio dei Microrganismi Autotrofi, CNR, Firenze, Italy
Abstract:Attempts were made to use total DNA restriction patterns and the response of purified DNA to treatment with restriction endonucleases to characterize several symbiotic Nostoc strains which had been isolated from different host plants cultivated in Italy. Among 27 restriction endonucleases tested, several did not cut any DNA and no significant variation in the susceptibility of the genomes to DNA restriction was seen among the strains. Therefore the Nostoc strains could not be separated into groups based on their different susceptibilities to the action of restriction endonucleases. However, in studies of total DNA restriction patterns, the restriction endonucleases BfrI and HpaI gave unique band patterns for each cyanobacterial isolate. Different profiles were even found in strains isolated from host plants belonging to the same species. The results do not support any definition of symbiotic Nostoc genomic groups or species and show that a tight specificity between the host plant and the cyanobacterium might not exist in the symbiotic associations involving Nostoc.
Keywords:Cyanobacteria  DNA methylation  DNA restriction pattern  Nostoc  strain typing  symbiosis
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