Abstract
Myxococcus xanthus is a Gram-negative, soil-dwelling bacterium with a complex life cycle which includes fruiting body formation and sporulation in response to starvation. This developmental process is slow, requiring a minimum of 24-48 h, and requires cells to be at high cell density on a solid surface. It is known that, in the absence of starvation, vegetatively growing cell suspensions can form 'glycerol spores' when exposed to high levels of glycerol, usually 0.5 M. The cells differentiate from rods to resistant spheres rapidly (2-4 h) and synchronously. We have found that the chromosomally encoded beta-lactamase of M. xanthus can be induced by numerous beta-lactam antibiotics as well as by non-specific inducers including glycine and many D-amino acids. In addition, D-cycloserine, phosphomycin, and hen egg-white lysozyme also induce beta-lactamase in this bacterium. Unexpectedly, agents which induce beta-lactamase can induce 'glycerol spores'; all of the agents tested which induce glycerol spores (glycerol, DMSO, ethylene glycol) also induce beta-lactamase. During the induction of sporulation, beta-lactamase activity increases, reaching a peak during the morphological transition from rod-shaped cells to spherical spores. The...Continue Reading
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