title: [The effect of thiocyanate on bacterial plasmids using the plasmid screening test].
abstract: A plasmid screening test (alkaline lysis and agarose gel electrophoresis) was used to assess the effect of thiocyanate on the plasmid replication on two bacterial strains with plasmids of different size, Klebsiella pneumoniae and Acinetobacter calcoaceticus. At concentrations physiologic for mammals (5-50 mg SCN-/l) no effect on the replication of extrachromosomal DNA was noted. This reaffirms the concept that a physiologic anion may be responsible for biological regulatory processes but will not affect the synthesis of extrachromosomal DNA when applied in vitro in physiologic concentrations.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kramer
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Getchell-White
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Gröschel
mesh_terms: D000150:Acinetobacter / Q000187:drug effects*; D004396:Coloring Agents; D004261:DNA Replication / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D007711:Klebsiella pneumoniae / Q000187:drug effects*; D010957:Plasmids / Q000187:drug effects*; D013861:Thiocyanates / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D004396:Coloring Agents; D013861:Thiocyanates; C009941:potassium thiocyanate
vernacular_title: Untersuchungen zum Einfluss von Thiocyanat auf Bakterienplasmide mit Hilfe des Plasmid-Screening-Tests.