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. 1984 Nov;48(5):994–1000. doi: 10.1128/aem.48.5.994-1000.1984

Production and Regeneration of Lactobacillus casei Protoplasts

Lyang-Ja Lee-Wickner 1, Bruce M Chassy 1,*
PMCID: PMC241664  PMID: 16346670

Abstract

Methods for the production and regeneration of Lactobacillus casei protoplasts are described. Protoplasts of L. casei strains were obtained by treatment with mutanolysin or with mutanolysin and lysozyme together in a protoplast formation buffer containing 0.02 M HEPES (N-2-hydroxyethylpiperazine-N′-2-ethanesulfonic acid) (pH 7.0), 1 mM MgCl2, 0.5% gelatin, and 0.3 M raffinose. Cells were regenerated on a complex medium supplemented with bovine serum albumin, MgCl2, CaCl2, gelatin, and raffinose. Lengthy digestion with lytic enzymes inhibited the capacity of protoplasts to regenerate. The optimum conditions of protoplast formation varied from strain to strain. Using predetermined optimal conditions it was possible to prepare protoplasts of several L. casei strains and regenerate them with 10 to 40% efficiency. The methods were applicable to other species of lactobacilli as well.

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