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Multiple chromosomes of Azotobacter vinelandii.

Genetic Engineering Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.

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The number of copies of the genes leuB, nifH, nifD, and nifK per cell of Azotobacter vinelandii has been determined to be about 80. A beta-lactamase gene was integrated into the A. vinelandii chromosome by single-point crossover. Subsequently, we have been able to detect nearly 80 copies of this beta-lactamase gene per cell of A. vinelandii when cultured for a large number of generations in the presence of ampicillin. The multiple copies of the beta-lactamase gene do not seem to be present on a single chromosome, as evident from the fragment obtained by digestion of cellular DNA with the appropriate restriction endonuclease. The kinetics of renaturation of DNA of A. vinelandii is suggestive of complexity similar to that of Escherichia coli. The DNA content of A. vinelandii, however, is 40 times that of E. coli. All these indicate the presence of multiple chromosomes, possibly as many as 80, in A. vinelandii.

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