Transposon Mutagenesis
Transposon mutagenesis, although utilized extensively in cell-walled bacteria, has been used rarely within the class Mollicutes (1 ). The reasons for such limited use include a lack of the necessary techniques and transposons that contain suitable antibiotic markers. There has been limited success with methods of artificial transformation using the Gram-positive bacterial transposons Tn916 and Tn4001 . The most successful methods for transformation are a polyethylene glycol- (PEG) mediated procedure based on that used to transform Gram-positive bacterial protoplasts and electroporation. Species that have been transformed with these techniques include Acholeplasma laidlawii, Acholeplasma orale, Mycoplasma arthritidis, Mycoplasma pulmonis, Mycoplasma capricolum, Mycoplasma mycoides, Mycoplasma gallisepticum , and Spiroplasma citri (2 ,3 ). Transformation of mycoplasmas is a rather inefficient process usually requiring several micrograms of purified plasmid DNA to yield 10−6 –10−8 transformants/colony-forming unit (CFU) (3 ). Protocols for transforming mycoplasmas can be found in Chapter 25 .
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- Quantifying Pseudomonas aeruginosa Quinolones and Examining Their Interactions with Lipids
- Detection of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae from Clinical Samples and Air
- Analysis of Yeast Lipids
- Methods for Detecting Antimeasles, Mumps, and Rubella Virus Antibodies
- Use of Pichia pastoris for Production of Recombinant Cytokines
- Baculovirus Expression Vectors
- Electrotransformation of Lactobacillus Spp.
- Measurement of Cytokines in Induced Sputum: Application to the Investigation of Asthma and COPD
- Isolation of DNA and RNA from Leishmania