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. 1976 Mar;31(3):444–445. doi: 10.1128/aem.31.3.444-445.1976

Design of a Microculture Chamber to Observe Cell Division of Bacterial L-Forms in Liquid Medium

Stephen S Nagy 1, Richard W Gilpin 1
PMCID: PMC169794  PMID: 820252

Abstract

A culture chamber is described that permits phase-contrast microscopic observations of the growth of stable L-form cells of Bacillus subtilis 168 in liquid medium.

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