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About: Lysis is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 6072 publications have been published within this topic receiving 216978 citations.


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TL;DR: A method is described, based on the recent evidence that dying cells often degrade their DNA into small fragments, which measures the DNA retained by living cells rather than the cellular components lost by dying cells.

641 citations

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TL;DR: It is demonstrated that cidA-controlled cell lysis plays a significant role during biofilm development and that released genomic DNA is an important structural component of S. aureus biofilm.
Abstract: The Staphylococcus aureus cidA and lrgA genes have been shown to affect cell lysis under a variety of conditions during planktonic growth. It is hypothesized that these genes encode holins and antiholins, respectively, and may serve as molecular control elements of bacterial cell lysis. To examine the biological role of cell death and lysis, we studied the impact of the cidA mutation on biofilm development. Interestingly, this mutation had a dramatic impact on biofilm morphology and adherence. The cidA mutant (KB1050) biofilm exhibited a rougher appearance compared with the parental strain (UAMS-1) and was less adherent. Propidium iodide staining revealed that KB1050 accumulated more dead cells within the biofilm population relative to UAMS-1, indicative of reduced cell lysis. In agreement with this finding, quantitative real-time PCR experiments demonstrated the presence of 5-fold less genomic DNA in the KB1050 biofilm relative to UAMS-1. Furthermore, treatment of the UAMS-1 biofilm with DNase I caused extensive cell detachment, whereas similar treatment of the KB1050 biofilm had only a modest effect. These results demonstrate that cidA-controlled cell lysis plays a significant role during biofilm development and that released genomic DNA is an important structural component of S. aureus biofilm.

640 citations

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TL;DR: A rapid method for the direct extraction of DNA from soil and sediments was developed, which allows for the analysis of small samples and the processing of many samples in a relatively short (7 h) period.
Abstract: A rapid method for the direct extraction of DNA from soil and sediments was developed. The indigenous microorganisms in the soil and sediments were lysed by using lysozyme and a freeze-thaw procedure. The lysate was extracted with sodium dodecyl sulfate and phenol-chloroform. In addition to a high recovery efficiency (greater than 90%), the yields of DNA were high (38 and 12 micrograms/g [wet weight] from sediments and soil, respectively). This method generated minimal shearing of the extracted DNA. The crude DNA could be further purified with an Elutip-d column if necessary. An additional advantage of this method is that only 1 g of sample is required, which allows for the analysis of small samples and the processing of many samples in a relatively short (7 h) period.

637 citations

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TL;DR: The comparison of EPS extraction methods explains how significant cell lysis and contamination by dead biomass leads to different and opposing conclusions and indicates that granule formation and stability are dependent on a noncellular, protein core.
Abstract: Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) were quantified in flocculent and aerobic granular sludge developed in two sequencing batch reactors with the same shear force but different settling times. Several EPS extraction methods were compared to investigate how different methods affect EPS chemical characterization, and fluorescent stains were used to visualize EPS in intact samples and 20-mum cryosections. Reactor 1 (operated with a 10-min settle) enriched predominantly flocculent sludge with a sludge volume index (SVI) of 120 +/- 12 ml g(-1), and reactor 2 (2-min settle time) formed compact aerobic granules with an SVI of 50 +/- 2 ml g(-1). EPS extraction by using a cation-exchange resin showed that proteins were more dominant than polysaccharides in all samples, and the protein content was 50% more in granular EPS than flocculent EPS. NaOH and heat extraction produced a higher protein and polysaccharide content from cell lysis. In situ EPS staining of granules showed that cells and polysaccharides were localized to the outer edge of granules, whereas the center was comprised mostly of proteins. These observations confirm the chemical extraction data and indicate that granule formation and stability are dependent on a noncellular, protein core. The comparison of EPS methods explains how significant cell lysis and contamination by dead biomass leads to different and opposing conclusions.

631 citations

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TL;DR: Flow cytometry was used to analyse the DNA content of nuclei isolated from intact plant tissues and from callus and cell suspension cultures invitro and showed that flow cytometry is a rapid method of nuclear DNA content analysis in intact plant tissue and variousin vitro cultures.
Abstract: Flow cytometry was used to analyse the DNA content of nuclei isolated from intact plant tissues and from callus and cell suspension cultures invitro. Cell nuclei were isolated either mechanically (chopping, syringing) or by a hypotonic lysis of isolated protoplasts. Although both methods gave similar results, a slight shift to lower ploidy levels was observed after protoplast isolation from intact tissues and calli. No differences were observed if the two methods were compared using cell suspension cultures. The results showed that flow cytometry is a rapid method of nuclear DNA content analysis in intact plant tissues and variousin vitro cultures.

626 citations


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No. of papers in the topic in previous years
YearPapers
2023389
2022607
2021123
2020142
2019139
2018161