Rifampin disrupts conjugal and chromosomal deoxyribonucleic acid metabolism in Escherichia coli K-12 carrying some IncIalpha plasmids.

Journal of Bacteriology
G J BoulnoisB M Wilkins

Abstract

The effects of rifampin and chloramphenicol on the transfer of ColIdrd-1 have been examined to determined whether transfer requires the synthesis of an untranslated species of ribonucleic acid (RNA), as proposed in models for the transfer of another IncIalpha plasmid, R64drd-11. When RNA synthesis was inhibited throughout mating by rifampin, ColI transfer between dna+ bacteria occurred at the normal rate for about 10 min and then stopped abruptly. Conjugational deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) synthesis in dnaB mutants indicates that plasmid DNA was made in the rifampin-treated donors to replace the transferred material but the DNA tended to be unstable. In the presence of chloramphenicol, transfer of ColI gradually diminished over a longer period. Rifampin, but not chloramphenicol, was found to have unpredicted effects on chromosomal DNA metabolism in unmated dna+ and dnaB bacteria when they harbor any of three IncIalpha plasmids (ColIdrd-1, R144drd-3, and R64drd-11). Replication of the bacterial chromosome in such cells stopped abruptly about 15 min after the addition of rifampin, and at 41 degrees C, but not 37 degrees C, this was followed by extensive DNA breakdown. These findings suggest that curtailment of IncIalpha plasmid tr...Continue Reading

Citations

Jan 1, 1984·Molecular & General Genetics : MGG·L K Chatfield, B M Wilkins
Oct 1, 1979·Molecular & General Genetics : MGG·G J Boulnois, B M Wilkins
May 1, 1989·Journal of Bacteriology·C J HowlandB M Wilkins
Mar 1, 1984·Microbiological Reviews·N Willetts, B Wilkins
Jul 1, 1986·Journal of Bacteriology·A MerryweatherB M Wilkins

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