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We have compared the growth in agarose medium of two EBV-negative Burkitt lymphoma lines, BJAB and Ramos, and that of their EBV-converted derivatives. Optimal conditions for growth in agarose medium are described. The original EBV-negative lines can grow in agarose to a high efficiency, provided a critical level of cell concentration is attained. Below this level, there is no growth at all. EBV-converted sublines form colonies at a much lower cell concentration, and their maximal plating efficiency is higher. These differences may be related to a super-transformation state induced in these cells by EBV.
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Montaonier et al. (1979) studied this question.
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