Abstract
Viability stain and terminal deoxyribonucleotide transferase-mediated dUTP nick end labelling (TUNEL) have been applied to submerged cultures of Streptomyces antibioticus ETH7451, the last technique after a suitable permeabilization treatment. Areas of dead mycelium can be clearly delineated by the viability stain within the network of hyphae which forms the mycelial masses characteristic of the submerged cultures. In addition, the TUNEL reaction shows that DNA fragmentation accompanies the death processes in the mycelium. These techniques permit the investigation of the influence of the medium and nutritional conditions on the viability of the cells. This has relevant biotechnological implications for the study of these important filamentous bacteria in the industrial fermentation processes. These techniques also allow a straighforward analysis of the physical and chemical reagents which provoke damage in Streptomyces DNA.
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