Chromosomal differences between cultures of Staphylococcus aureus / Joseph Jerald Cole III.

Author/creator Cole, Joseph Jerald author.
Other author Allen, Wendall E., degree supervisor.
Other author East Carolina University. Department of Biology.
Format Theses and dissertations
Production1974.
Description54 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm
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Summary Genomic maps of two strains of Staphylococcus aureus, 7-8 (animal origin) and 2 (human origin), were prepared by determining the replication sequence of streptomycin, puromycin, chloramphenicol, neomycin, and mitomycin C-resistance factors by the synchronous chromosomal replication technique. Nitrosoguanidine was used for mutagenesis and chromosomal replication synchronized by treatment with phenethyl alcohol. The order of replication of the genes tested was the same in both strains of aureus. Genes replicating at similar times in both strains showed similar distances between genes. The genes for streptomycin and puromycin resistance, replicating near the origin of chromosomal replication in strain 7-8 and near the terminus in strain 2, had different times of replication and distances between genes. The position of a gene determined by synchronous chromosomal replication was shown not to vary with concentration, pH, or source of the mutagen. The numbers of mutants obtained after the gene in question had replicated were different with different pH of the solution of nitrosoguanidine. The point of initiation and the direction of chromosomal replication were different for the two strains of S. aureus. Mechanisms were proposed to explain these differences.
General noteSubmitted to the faculty of the Department of Biology.
General noteAdvisor: Wendall E. Allen
Dissertation noteM.A. East Carolina University 1974
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 49-54).
Genre/formAcademic theses.
Genre/formAcademic theses.
Genre/formThèses et écrits académiques.

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