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Filament formation of Salmonella Paratyphi A accompanied by FtsZ assembly impairment and low level ppGpp.
Canadian journal of microbiology - 1 Dec 2015
Yamaguchi Takayoshi, Iida Ken-Ichiro, Shiota Susumu, Nakayama Hiroaki, Yoshida Shin-Ichi
Abstract excerpt
Previously, we reported that Salmonella enterica serovar Paratyphi A strain S602 grew into multinuclear, nonseptate, and nonlethal filaments on agar plates containing nitrogenous salts. Strain S602 was more sensitive to osmotic and oxidative stress than the reference strain 3P243 of nonfilamentous Salmonella Paratyphi A. Strain S602 had an amber mutation (C154T) in rpoS. The revertant of this mutant, SR603, was...
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