| Literature DB >> 2530177 |
G Tardif1, M C Sulavik, G W Jones, D B Clewell.
Abstract
Streptococcus sanguis on media containing 3% sucrose gives rise to characteristic hard cohesive colonies (designated Spp+). Populations of Spp+ bacteria (strain Challis) on sucrose media switch to a soft noncohesive phenotype (designated Spp-) at a frequency of 10(-4) to 10(-3). Spp- bacteria switch back to Spp+ bacteria at a similar frequency. Successive rounds of Spp variation were observed. The Spp phenotypic switch was associated with changes in extracellular glucosyltransferase activity.Entities:
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Year: 1989 PMID: 2530177 PMCID: PMC259931 DOI: 10.1128/iai.57.12.3945-3948.1989
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Infect Immun ISSN: 0019-9567 Impact factor: 3.441