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DNA synthesis and viability of a mutT derivative of Escherichia coli WP2 under conditions of amino acid starvation and relation to stationary-phase (adaptive) mutation.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Jun 1998
Bridges B A, Ereira S
Abstract excerpt
Escherichia coli WP2 bacteria with an ochre amino acid auxotrophy show no evidence of growth during the first few days after plating at densities above 10(8) on plates lacking the required amino acid. They lose viability for some days, and then a subpopulation recovers and there is cell turnover....
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