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Influence of DNA supercoiling on the loss of culturability of Escherichia coli cells incubated in seawater.
Molecular ecology - 1 Oct 1992
Gauthier M J, Labedan B, Breittmayer V A
Abstract excerpt
The relationship between the loss of culturability of Escherichia coli cells in seawater and the DNA supercoiling level of a reporter plasmid (pUC8) have been studied under different experimental conditions. Transfer to seawater of cells grown at low osmolarity decreased their ability to grow without apparent modification of the plasmid supercoiling. We found that E. coli cells could be protected against...
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