Radiation sensitivity of Bacillus cereus with and without a crystalline surface protein layer |
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Authors: | Anja K. Kotiranta Hitoshi Ito Markus P.P. Haapasalo Kari Lounatmaa |
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Affiliation: | Institute of Dentistry, P.O. Box 41, University of Helsinki, FIN-00014, Helsinki, Finland. anja.kotiranta@helsinki.fi |
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Abstract: | The radiation sensitivity of four strains of Bacillus cereus was investigated with attention to bacterial surface structure. All four strains were sensitive to radiation with gamma rays (D(10)=0.4 kGy). No crystalline surface protein layer could be detected on the cell surface. When cultured on solid media, an S-layer covered the cells of the two strains, and they were 2.6 times as resistant to radiation as the two reference strains without an S-layer. In SDS-PAGE, a major 97-kDa band from the resistant strains from plate cultures was replaced by a ca. 85-kDa protein band in samples from broth cultures. Electron microscopy, SDS-PAGE, Western blot and fluorescent antibody staining indicated that the higher resistance to radiation of the clinical strains from plate cultures was associated with the presence of the S-layer on the cell surface. |
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Keywords: | Bacillus cereus Function of an S-layer Radiation sensitivity |
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