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Characterization of translucent segments observed in an smbA mutant of Escherichia coli.
FEMS microbiology letters - 1 Feb 1994
Yamanaka K, Ogura T, Murata K, Suzaki T, Niki H, Hiraga S
Abstract excerpt
The smbA gene of Escherichia coli is essential for cell proliferation. The smbA2 mutant shows cold-sensitive colony formation at 22 degrees C. A novel morphological phenotype, formation of a translucent segment at midcell or at a cell pole, was observed by phase-contrast microscopy at a high frequency in the smbA2 mutant cells incubated in L medium lacking NaCl at 22 degrees C, but not observed in L medium...
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