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. 1970 Dec;104(3):1401–1403. doi: 10.1128/jb.104.3.1401-1403.1970

Temperature-Sensitive Osmotically Fragile Mutants of Staphylococcus aureus

C M Good 1, P A Pattee 2
PMCID: PMC248307  PMID: 16559123

Abstract

Temperature-sensitive fragile mutants of Staphylococcus aureus which grow at the restrictive temperature only in the presence of osmotic stabilizers and appear to have conditionally defective cell wall integrity were isolated and partially characterized.

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