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RESEARCH PRODUCT
Comparison of the exoproducts of gram-negative bacteria by SDS-page
Birgit EutenuerMichael Loossubject
SilverStaining and LabelingbiologyImmunologyPseudomonasProteus vulgarisPseudomonas fluorescensUrinebiology.organism_classificationSerratia liquefaciensProteus mirabilisEnterobacteriaceaeMicrobiologyCitrobacter freundiiMolecular WeightBacterial ProteinsEnterobacteriaceaeSpecies SpecificityBiochemistryGram-Negative BacteriaHumansElectrophoresis Polyacrylamide GelSulfhydryl CompoundsPeptidesEnterobacter cloacaedescription
The protein exoproducts released during exponential growth of Gram-negative bacteria were analysed and compared by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-Page). The following bacterial strains were tested: Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Citrobacter freundii, Enterobacter cloacae, Serratia liquefaciens, Serratia rubidaea, Proteus mirabilis, Proteus vulgaris, Salmonella minnesota, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Pseudomonas fluorescens. It is demonstrated by SDS-Page that members of one species show identical protein pattern, whereas different species show besides comparable protein bands a species characteristic pattern. All members of Enterobacteriaceae were shown to release proteins whose molecular weights fell into the following size regions: Each strain was shown to synthesize a polypeptide of molecular weight 34,000 and one or more polypeptides within the molecular weight range 25,000-29,000. This profile was shown to be clearly different from that of Pseudomonas strains where 20 or more distinct polypeptides ranging from 12,500 to 160,000 Mr were detectable.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985-02-01 | Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Mikrobiologie und Hygiene. Series A: Medical Microbiology, Infectious Diseases, Virology, Parasitology |