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Abstract
The relationship between chromosome replication and morphogenesis in the budding bacterium Hyphomicrobium neptunium has been investigated. Nalidixic acid was found to completely inhibit deoxyribonucleic acid synthesis, but not ribonucleic acid synthesis. The antibiotic was bacteriostatic to the organism for the initial 5 h of exposure; thereafter it was bacteriocidal. Observation of inhibited cultures revealed cells that had produced abnormally long stalks, but no buds. These results indicate that bud formation is coupled to chromosome replication in H. neptunium. They do not exclude the possibilities that cross wall formation and bud separation may also be coupled to chromosome replication.Entities:
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Year: 1973 PMID: 4127631 PMCID: PMC246499 DOI: 10.1128/jb.116.3.1398-1404.1973
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Bacteriol ISSN: 0021-9193 Impact factor: 3.490