Characterization and transformation of plasmid pAA-1 found in an antarctic cryptoendolithic bacterium

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Microbiology
• Main Authors: Gliesche, Christian G., Jendrach, Marina, Peissl, Klaus, Siebert, Jörg, Hirsch, Peter
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1996
• Subjects: Genetics; Molecular Biology; Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology; General Medicine; Immunology; Microbiology; Antarctic; McMurdo Dry Valleys; Paa; Linnaeus Terrace; Asgard Range; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/m96-077; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/m96-077

Sixty-three bacterial isolates from antarctic sandstone samples (Linnaeus Terrace, Asgard Range, McMurdo Dry Valleys) were screened for the presence of plasmid DNA. Twenty-seven percent of all the isolates (mainly Gram-positives) harbored one or more plasmids of low molecular mass (1.1–16.3 kb). Str...