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Effect of parathion on growth, polysaccharides, lipids and proteins ofRhizobium meliloti

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Rhizobium meliloti 300hl3 reached the stationary phase of growth very quickly and had an early death when 8.6 μM parathion was added to the growth medium at the start of the culture. Cells also changed their quantitative composition: total carbohydrate content and poly-β-hydroxybutyrate accumulation diminished, proteins and phospholipids of cellular membranes increased, and some alterations in the proportion of membrane fatty acids were noticed.

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  1. Department of Molecular Biology, Universidad Nacional de Rio Cuarto, Estafeta 9, 5800, Rio Cuarto, Córdoba, Argentina

    M. M. Carranza de Storani, S. B. Rosas & N. E. Ghittoni

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Carranza de Storani, M.M., Rosas, S.B. & Ghittoni, N.E. Effect of parathion on growth, polysaccharides, lipids and proteins ofRhizobium meliloti . Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 51, 249–254 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02439934

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