Gene hsr M (nonB) of Bacillus subtilis 168, causing non-permissiveness to phage SP10 (Saito et al. 1979) and reduced plating efficiency of unmodified phage phi105, is responsible for non-permissiveness of B. subtilis 168 for phages phi15 and PZA. Upon transformation to sporulation deficiency (allele spoOA) B. subtilis 168 becomes permissive for phi15 and PZA and loses the ability to restrict phi105. spoOA str-1 double transformants of B. subtilis 168, however, retain the restriction 168 and non-permissiveness for phi15 and PZA phages, in spite of their Spo- phenotype. Therefore it appears that a functional product of the spoOA gene is required for expression of gene hsrM in wild-type bacteria, but is not essential in streptomycin-resistant bacteria. Phage genomes (PZA) were trapped in spores of the restriction deficient strain with much higher efficiency than in the wild-type.
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