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. 1960 Jan 1;43(3):541–550. doi: 10.1085/jgp.43.3.541

Studies of the Origin of Bacterial Viruses

VI. Effect of manganese on the proportion of phage-producing, terramycin-resistant, streptomycin-resistant, and phage-resistant cells in lysogenic megatherium cultures

John H Northrop 1; with the technical assistance of Marie King1
PMCID: PMC2195014  PMID: 14427676

Abstract

Exposure of B. megatherium 899 to about 5 x 10-3 M MnCl2 for 10 minutes at 25°C. results in an increase of about ten times in the proportion of phage-producing cells, terramycin-resistant cells, streptomycin-resistant cells, and phage-resistant cells. The proportion of phage-producing cells reaches a maximum in about 4 hours and that of the other cells is reached in about 8 hours.

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