Competent cells of Bacillus subtilis were transformed with chromosomal DNA in lysates of protoplasts of B. subtilis or B. amyloliquefaciens. The interspecific transformation frequency of B. subtilis by cysA in a conserved region was 3.1 x 10(4) transformants per microg DNA, 60 times higher than that for conventional transformation using purified DNA. Increased interspecific transformation frequencies of B. subtilis were also observed for arg-1, lys-1, leuB, aroG, thr-5, hisH, or metC markers outside the conserved region (3.1 x 10 approximately 5.2 x 10(2) transformants per microg DNA). An interspecific cotransformation ratio (33-50%) as high as an intraspecific one (46%) using purified DNA was also detected between cysA and rpsL markers, which are separated by 16 kb on the B. subtilis chromosome. Interspecific double transformation of the cysA-arg-1 or cysA-metC marker was observed, which have not been detected for conventional transformation. The involvement of mutS in the interspecific transformation was not significant.
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