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Conditions of maximum induction of back mutations byN-methyl-N-nitroso-N′-nitroguanidine (“nitrosoguanidine”) were studied in auxotrophic mutants ofMycobacterium phlei. In asynchronous cultures the effects of pH, buffer molarity and concentration and exposure time to nitrosoguanidine were studied. It was shown that between 6 and 10, pH does not affect the induction of back mutations but that with increasing pH up to 9 the lethal effect of nitrosoguanidine on cells is increased. Protracted treatment with nitrosoguanidine or buffer molarity did not affect the induction of back mutations. It was found with several strains ofMycobacterium phlei that it is most efficient to treat a culture with 0.5 mg or 1 mg nitrosoguanidine/ml for 20 min at pH 6. On the basis of these findings a method of induction of back mutations by nitrosoguanidine was developed for populations with synchronous cell division.
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Koníčková-Radochová, M., Koníček, J. Mutagenesis byN-methyl-N-nitroso-N-nitroguanidine in synchronized cultures ofMycobacterium phlei . Folia Microbiol 19, 16–23 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02874497
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