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. 1967 Feb;93(2):716-21.
doi: 10.1128/jb.93.2.716-721.1967.

Platinum-induced filamentous growth in Escherichia coli

B Rosenberg, E Renshaw, L Vancamp, J Hartwick, J Drobnik

Platinum-induced filamentous growth in Escherichia coli

B Rosenberg et al. J Bacteriol. 1967 Feb.

Abstract

Certain group VIIIB transition metal compounds were found to inhibit cell division in Escherichia coli, causing marked filamentous growth. Gram-negative bacilli were the most sensitive to this effect, whereas gram-positive bacilli responded only at near-toxic levels of the metal. None of the cocci tested showed any apparent effect. Cytokinesis (cross-septation) can be initiated by removal or decrease of platinum, but not by treatment with pantoyl lactone, divalent cations, or a temperature of 42 C.

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