Abstract
1. Nucleic acids were released from Escherichia coli by lysing with tri-iso-propylnaphthalene sulphonate and 4-aminosalicylate and then extracting with a phenol–cresol mixture. 2. Nucleic acids were similarly released from Bacillus subtilis after initial treatment with lysozyme. 3. DNA was sedimented after careful precipitation with m-cresol or 2-butoxyethanol (0·1–0·12vol.) in the presence of 20% sodium benzoate. 4. Contaminating ribosomal RNA was removed by precipitation in the presence of 4m-sodium chloride or by extracting DNA with an acetate–butyrate mixture, in which RNA is insoluble. 5. The DNA from B. subtilis has a transforming ability of 0·3–0·6% for the tryptophan marker. 6. Ribosomal RNA was then precipitated with rapidly labelled RNA by the addition of an equal volume of 2-butoxyethanol. 7. There was good separation of the nucleic acids from protein and polysaccharides.
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