%0 Journal Article %A Cundliffe, E. %T Preparation and Some Properties of Active Protoplasts of Bacillus megaterium %D 1968 %J Microbiology, %V 53 %N 3 %P 425-430 %@ 1465-2080 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-53-3-425 %I Microbiology Society, %X SUMMARY: A method for the preparation of protoplasts of Bacillus megaterium is described. The protoplasts obtained were very active metabolically and lysates of them were rich in polyribosomes. Methods for the detection of polyribosomes and of nascent peptides are detailed. %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/micro/10.1099/00221287-53-3-425