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Deprogrammed sporulation in Streptomyces.
FEMS microbiology letters - 29 Oct 2002
Ohnishi Yasuo, Seo Jeong-Woo, Horinouchi Sueharu
Abstract excerpt
The bacterial genus Streptomyces forms chains of spores by septation at intervals in aerial hyphae and subsequent maturation on solid medium. Substrate hyphae undergo extensive lysis, liberating nutrients on which aerial hyphae develop. Some mutant strains, however, ectopically form spores by septation in substrate hyphae on solid medium or in vegetative hyphae in liquid medium, which suggests that all hyphae...
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