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Structural changes and cellular localization of resuscitation-promoting factor in environmental isolates of Micrococcus luteus.
Microbial ecology - 1 Feb 2010
Koltunov Viktoria, Greenblatt Charles L, Goncharenko Anna V, Demina Galya R, Klein Benjamin Y, Young Michael, Kaprelyants Arseny S
Abstract excerpt
Dormancy among nonsporulating actinobacteria is now a widely accepted phenomenon. In Micrococcus luteus, the resuscitation of dormant cells is caused by a small secreted protein (resuscitation-promoting factor, or Rpf) that is found in "spent culture medium." Rpf is encoded by a single essential gene in M. luteus. Homologs of Rpf are widespread among the high G + C Gram-positive bacteria, including mycobacteria...
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