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. 1978 Jan;25(1):164–174. doi: 10.1128/jvi.25.1.164-174.1978

Adsorption of cyanophage AS-1 to unicellular cyanobacteria and isolation of receptor material from Anacystis nidulans.

B Samimi, G Drews
PMCID: PMC353913  PMID: 413935

Abstract

Cells of unicellular cyanobacteria of typological group Ia, containing approximately 50 mol% guanine + cytosine (G+C) in their DNA (R. Y. Stanier, R. Kunisawa, M. Mandel, and G. Cohen-Bazire, Bacteriol. Rev. 35:171-205, 1971), were susceptible to infection by the cyanophage AS-1. Cyanobacteria of the same typological group, containing approximately 65 mol% G+C in their DNA, did not adsorb the cyanophage AS-1 or adsorbed it at a low rate. AS-1 was not propagated by any of the investigated strains with a high G+C content in their DNA. However, cells of strains 6907 and 6911 were lysed by cyanophage AS-1. A comparison of the host range of this phage with the lipopolysaccharide composition of host and non-host cell walls suggests that lipopolysaccharides are involved in the adsorption process. About 8 microgram of lipopolysaccharide per ml from host strains inactivated 50% of the particles of a solution containing 100 PFU/ml after 60 min of incubation at 30 degrees C. Material with receptor activity was extracted from the host strain Anacystis nidulans KM. The extract was purified of glycolipids and pigments, and a fraction showing receptor activity was isolated. This fraction contained three polypeptides of molecular weights between 54,000 and 64,000. Heat and protease treatment of whole cells and of isolated receptor material decreased the receptor activity. The fluorescence intensity of A. nidulans cells labeled with 1-anilino-8-naphthalene sulfonate was increased when AS-1 was adsorbed to these cells. The participation of lipopolysaccharides and proteins in the formation of the receptor complex is discussed.

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