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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1977-8-25
pubmed:abstractText
Facultatively and obligately thermophilic variants were isolated from 3 out of 12 tested mesophilic Bacillus megaterium strains. The variants occurred at a frequency of 10(-8)-10(-9). The ability to grow at elevated temperatures was cured by means of treatment with acridine orange. Stable revertants were isolated from facultatively and obligately thermophilic variants. An unknown type of megacin was produced by the facultative thermophiles. This megacin attacked mesophilic and obligately thermophilic strains. The thermophiles displayed a few divergent taxonomic characteristics but a close relationship between the strains was indicated by the megacin spectrum and sensitivity to phage. Arrhenius plots revealed that the strains could be considered as temperature range variants and that the temperature characteristic increased with growth at a higher temperature range. The case for a plasmid involvement in the phenomenon is discussed.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0302-8933
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
20
pubmed:volume
113
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
221-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1977
pubmed:articleTitle
Temperature range variants of Bacillus megaterium.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article