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Preliminary results of a study of bacterial protoplasts

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Spherical bodies resembling Weibull's protoplasts are formed when certain bacteria (B. megatherium Salmonella gallinarum,B. mesentericus) are incubated with lysozyme or penicillin in the presence of 10% sucrose, as a stabilizer. The presence of mitotic figures in some of the protoplasts suggests that they are capable of development and regeneration.

TheS. gallinarum protoplasts showed some respiratory activity, although much less than the intact cells.B. megatherium protoplasts did not respire.

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  1. Department of Cytology Institute of Experimental Biology, AMN SSSR, Moscow

    G. I. Gorodskaia & G. L. Miagkaia

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Gorodskaia, G.I., Miagkaia, G.L. Preliminary results of a study of bacterial protoplasts. Bull Exp Biol Med 46, 990–995 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00787342

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