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Salt-induced Contraction of Bacterial Cell Walls

Intact Bacillus megaterium cells were found to contract as much as 26% in terms of dextran-impermeable volume when transferred from water to unbuffered, non-plasmolyzing NaCl solutions. This shrinkage appeared to be primarily due to electrostatic wall contraction rather than to any osmotic response...

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Autor Principal: Marquis, Robert E.
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: 1968
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC252092/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/4966824
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