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. 1990 Jun;56(6):1725–1728. doi: 10.1128/aem.56.6.1725-1728.1990

Isolation of a single-stranded plasmid from Clostridium acetobutylicum NCIB 6444.

A Y Kim 1, A A Vertes 1, H P Blaschek 1
PMCID: PMC184500  PMID: 2383010

Abstract

The cryptic plasmid pDM6 was isolated from late exponential-phase cells of Clostridium acetobutylicum NCIB 6444 by either alkaline lysis or electroporation. The application of high voltage during electroporation resulted in higher DNA yield than did the alkaline lysis procedure. However, electroporation-induced plasmid release generated high amounts of single-stranded DNA compared with the alkaline lysis procedure, which generated both double-stranded DNA (monomer and dimer forms) and single-stranded DNA.

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