Crude lysates of Staphylococcus aureus can transform Bacillus subtilis.
Plasmids can be transferred from Staphylococcus aureus to Bacillus subtilis by crude lysates prepared with penicillin or lysostaphin. These lysates mediate drug-resistance plasmid transformation in competent B. subtilis at an efficiency paralleling that of purified DNA.
D001412:Bacillus subtilis / Q000235:genetics*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D010403:Penicillin Resistance; D010406:Penicillins / Q000494:pharmacology; D010957:Plasmids; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000235:genetics*; D014169:Transformation, Bacterial
D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D010406:Penicillins