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Adaptation of Mycobacterium smegmatis to stationary phase.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Jan 1999
Smeulders M J, Keer J, Speight R A, Williams H D
Abstract excerpt
Mycobacterium tuberculosis can persist for many years within host lung tissue without causing clinical disease. Little is known about the state in which the bacilli survive, although it is frequently referred to as dormancy. Some evidence suggests that cells survive in nutrient-deprived stationary phase. Therefore, we are studying stationary-phase survival of Mycobacterium smegmatis as a model for mycobacterial...
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