Salt-mediated multicell formation in Deinococcus radiodurans
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Salt-mediated multicell formation in Deinococcus radiodurans.
The highly radiation-resistant tetracoccal bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans exhibited a reversible multi-cell-form transition which depended on the NaCl concentration in the medium. In response to 0.8% NaCl addition into the medium, the pair/tetrad (designated 2/4) cells in a young culture grew and divided but did not separate and became 8-, 16-, and 32-cell units successively. In exponential ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Bacteriology
سال: 1991
ISSN: 0021-9193,1098-5530
DOI: 10.1128/jb.173.10.3184-3190.1991