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Abstract
Mycobacterium tuberculosis has been found to exhibit autolysis and spontaneous secondary growth in modified Sauton medium. The phenomenon is a function of high glycerol concentration of the medium and limitation of air in test tubes. It is not a function of depletion of nutrients and is probably not a manifestation of lysogeny or spheroplast formation. The cycle of growth, autolysis, and secondary growth is related to development of lethal conditions during a period of severe oxygen limitation followed by a metabolic change associated with slower depletion of glycerol.Entities:
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Year: 1967 PMID: 4962059 PMCID: PMC276611 DOI: 10.1128/jb.93.4.1374-1381.1967
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Bacteriol ISSN: 0021-9193 Impact factor: 3.490