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Optimum conditions for protoplast regeneration and transformation ofStreptomyces venezuelae ETH 14630 have been established. Protoplasts from mycelium grown to the stationary phase and treated with lysozyme in P medium under mild conditions gave the best regeneration frequency. Transformation of protoplasts with naked DNA was very efficient using either polyethylene glycol of mol. wt. 4000 or 6000, at concentrations of 28.5% or 36% (w/v) respectively. About 105 transformants/μg DNA could be isolated using protoplasts derived from cells cultivated to the early exponential growth phase in LB medium containing 0.2%-0.6% glycine and subsequently treated at 30°–32°C with 20 mg lysozyme/ml in P medium for 30 min. Selection of the transformants occurred on MRYE plates containing less than 105 regenerating protoplasts per plate. Higher protoplast densities considerably decreased the regeneration frequency of the transformants.
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Anné, J., Van Mellaert, L. & Eyssen, H. Optimum conditions for efficient transformation ofStreptomyces venezuelae protoplasts. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 32, 431–435 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00903778
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