[Morphological and biochemical characteristics of Streptomyces hygroscopicus mutants obtained under the action of acridine orange and mitomycin C].

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[Morphological and biochemical characteristics of Streptomyces hygroscopicus mutants obtained under the action of acridine orange and mitomycin C].

Mikrobiologiia - 1 Jan 2000

Pronina M I, Efimova T P, Zhukova R A, Motovilova T G, Pechatnikova I S

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The purpose of this work was to study the action of acridine orange and mitomycin C on the production of mutants of Streptomyces hygroscopicus, strain 0681. The mutagen activity of mitomycin C was shown to be high. The vegetative culture grown for 24 hours produced more mutants under the action o...

Topics

Acridine Orange
Enzyme Induction
Hygromycin B
Mitomycins
Mutation
Peptide Hydrolases
Spores, Bacterial
Streptomyces

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