IDENTIFICATION OF A NEW ICE-NUCLEATING BACTERIUM AND ITS ICE NUCLEATION PROPERTIES

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OBATA, H [1 ]
TAKINAMI, K [1 ]
TANISHITA, J [1 ]
HASEGAWA, Y [1 ]
KAWATE, S [1 ]
TOKUYAMA, T [1 ]
UENO, T [1 ]
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[1] TOTTORI UNIV, DEPT AGR CHEM, TOTTORI 680, JAPAN
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AGRICULTURAL AND BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY | 1990年 / 54卷 / 03期
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10.1080/00021369.1990.10870030
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S3 [农学(农艺学)];
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0901 ;
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A new ice-nucleating bacterium, KUEN-3, was isolated from strawberry leaves. The ice-nucleating bacterium was found in the pale yellow colony group. Strain KUIN-3 was identified as Erwinia uredovora from its taxonomical characteristics. When strain KUIN-3 was cultured aerobically in a medium consisting of Simmons-citric acid broth (pH 6.1) for 24 hr at 18°C, the ice-nucleating activity of strain KUIN-3 cells was obtained. The ice-nucleating temperature, T50 (°C) was detected at — 2.8°C in cell suspensions (1.1 χ IO8 cells/ml) of strain KUIN-3. The ice-nucleating temperature was significantly decreased by treating cell suspensions for 30 min at 40°C and was completely lost by heating them at 90°C. The plot of ice-nucleating temperature versus treatment temperature (°C) is similar to the curve that was obtained for cell suspensions of another ice-nucleating bacteria. The susceptibility of cell ice nuclei to urea or protein-modifying reagents suggests that proteins participate in the ice-nucleating event. © 1990 by the Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry. All rights reserved.
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