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A purF mutant of Mycobacterium smegmatis has impaired survival during oxygen-starved stationary phase.
Microbiology (Reading, England) - 1 Feb 2001
Keer Jacquie, Smeulders Marjan J, Williams Huw D
Abstract excerpt
In this study it was demonstrated that a range of transposon mutants of Mycobacterium smegmatis, previously described as having impaired survival in carbon-starved stationary phase, were not markedly affected in O(2)-starved stationary-phase survival. One exception was 329B, a purine auxotroph, which showed a precipitous reduction in viability from approximately 10(8) to approximately 10(3) c.f.u. ml(-1) during...
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