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. 1980 Oct;144(1):454–456. doi: 10.1128/jb.144.1.454-456.1980

Comparative macromolecular composition of filaments and rods of a Bacillus megaterium thermoconditional morphological mutant.

L P Yan, A D Hitchins
PMCID: PMC294684  PMID: 6158510

Abstract

Filaments of a thermosensitive Bacillus megaterium mutant showed an altered macromolecular composition compared with salt-cured mutant cells and parental cells. Filaments contained more peptidoglycan, polyglucose, poly-beta-hydroxy-butyrate, and deoxyribonucleic acid per unit of protein. The ribonucleic acid-to-protein ratio of filaments was similar to that of rods or salt-cured cells. Filament formation seemed to be due to defective protein or ribonucleic acid metabolism.

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