Isolation and characterization of a unique division mutant of Bacillus megaterium.

doi:10.1099/00221287-136-3-545

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Isolation and characterization of a unique division mutant of Bacillus megaterium.

Journal of general microbiology - 1 Mar 1990

Lach D A, Sharma V K, Vary P S

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A filamentous division mutant, PV302, of Bacillus megaterium QM B1551 was isolated while screening for sporulation-defective mutants after nitrosoguanidine mutagenesis. Both phase-contrast and electron microscopy revealed that the mutant produced small spherical cells as well as filaments. It als...

Topics

Bacillus megaterium
Cell Division
Chromosome Mapping
Cloning, Molecular
DNA, Bacterial
Mutation
RNA, Bacterial
Spores, Bacterial
Transduction, Genetic

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