Temperature sensitivity of the penicillin-induced autolysis mechanism in nongrowing cultures of Escherichia coli
- 1 May 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Bacteriology
- Vol. 169 (5) , 2310-2312
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.169.5.2310-2312.1987
Abstract
The effect of incubation temperature on the ampicillin-induced autolysis of nongrowing Escherichia coli was determined. The autolysis mechanisms in amino acid-deprived relA mutant cells treated with chloramphenicol were temperature sensitive. This temperature-sensitive autolysis was demonstrated in three independent ways: turbidimetric determinations, viable cell counts, and solubilization of radiolabeled peptidoglycan.This publication has 12 references indexed in Scilit:
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