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The electron microscopic study of thin sections and positively stained specimens of cells taken from particular cocultures of Lactobacillus acidophilus D75, Lactobacillus casei YIT 9018, Shigella flexnery 2a, Bacillus subtilis ATCC 6633, and Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 25923 (some of these bacteria are antagonistic to others) showed the presence of specific ultrastructural elements indicating cell specialization and cooperation. The responses of antagonistic bacteria manifested themselves at the cellular and population levels.
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Original Russian Text © O.V. Rybal’chenko, 2006, published in Mikrobiologiya, 2006, Vol. 75, No. 4, pp. 550–554.
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Rybal’chenko, O.V. The electron microscopic study of cell-to-cell interactions between antagonistic microorganisms. Microbiology 75, 476–480 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0026261706040187
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