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Effect of Mechanical Vibrations on the lonMutant of Escherichia coliK-12

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It was found that, depending on their frequency, mechanical vibrations (MVs) can either stimulate (4 Hz) or inhibit (50 Hz) the growth and the division of the lonmutant of Escherichia coliK-12. Similar effects were observed when the MV-treated nutrient medium was inoculated with untreated mutant cells. MVs enhanced the motility of mutant cells and the fragmentation of filament cells always present in the populations of lonmutants.

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  1. Biophysics Center, Academy of Sciences of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia

    S. N. Ayrapetyan, R. S. Stepanyan, A. A. Barsegyan, Zh. R. Alaverdyan & A. G. Arakelyan

  2. Institute of Microbiology, Academy of Sciences of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia

    G. G. Oganesyan & L. S. Markosyan

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Ayrapetyan, S.N., Stepanyan, R.S., Oganesyan, G.G. et al. Effect of Mechanical Vibrations on the lonMutant of Escherichia coliK-12. Microbiology 70, 206–210 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1010485615081

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