Isolation of plasmids present in thermophilic strains from hot springs in Jordan |
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Authors: | Khalil Amjad B Anfoka Ghandi H Bdour Salwa |
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Institution: | (1) Faculty of Agricultural Technology, Department of Biotechnology, Al-Balaqa Applied University, Post Code 19117, Al-Salt, Jordan; Fax: |
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Abstract: | The plasmid profile of two thermophilic bacterial strains isolated from recreation thermal springs in Jordan has been investigated. These strains are Streptococcus thermophilus and Bacillus sp1, which have been isolated from Zerka – Maeen and Himma hot springs respectively. Supercoiled and circular plasmid forms were detected, explaining the effect of DNA conformation on the mobility of the plasmid in the agarose gel electrophoresis. Two plasmids have been isolated and characterized by restriction endonucleases to facilitate their use as cloning vectors in thermophilic strains. The sizes of the plasmids were approximately 3 kb (from Streptococcus thermophilus) and 7 kb (from Bacillus spl). These plasmids were then digested with three different restriction enzymes (EcoRI, Bam HI, and HindIII), one of which was found to possess a single site for both plasmids, this enzyme is EcoRI. |
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Keywords: | Plasmid restriction enzyme thermal springs thermophilic bacteria |
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