Azotobacter vinelandii 12837 was grown in Burk's glucose media and transferred onto Burk's n-butanol agar plates to allow for the formation of cysts. The patterns of the vegetative cell proteins were compared for each successive day of cyst formation, using the polyacrylamide gel isoelectric focusing technique. The findings revealed that, as the cysts developed to maturity, definite changes occurred in the protein constitution, indicative of the biochemical and physiological changes which cells undergo during cyst development. Also, as a control to show that the changes in protein patterns during encystment were not due to physiological condition, Azotobacter vinelandii strain OP was grown in three different media, and proteins from the cells were compared using PAGIF.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc798115 |
| Date | 08 1900 |
| Creators | Butler, Mark A. |
| Publisher | North Texas State University |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | v, 46 leaves : ill., Text |
| Rights | Public, Butler, Mark A., Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights |
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