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Induction of latent freezing nucleus capability in an ice nucleation-active bacterium

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The normally very low frequency of ice nucleation-active individuals in populations of Bacterium M1 could be raised as high as 100% by treatments having perturbation of cellular DNA metabolism as their common denominator. The process whereby inactive cells acquired efficient freezing nuclei after induction was shown to require ongoing synthesis of RNA and protein. It was probably also promoted by a rapid rate of DNA synthesis.

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  1. Department of Microbiology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Science, Tel Aviv University, 69978, Ramat Aviv, Israel

    Saul A. Yankofsky & Theresa Nadler Bertold

  2. Deparment of Geophysics and Planetary Sciences, Tel Aviv University, 69978, Ramat Aviv, Israel

    Zev Levin

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Yankofsky, S.A., Bertold, T.N. & Levin, Z. Induction of latent freezing nucleus capability in an ice nucleation-active bacterium. Current Microbiology 9, 263–267 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01567198

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