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[Action of acrylamide on Escherichia coli cells]
Mikrobiologiia
|November 1, 1982
Abstract:
The action of acrylamide on Escherichia coli B was studied: short-term action at high concentrations, long-term action at low doses under the normal conditions of growth and in the process of cell immobilization in polyacrylamide gel. Such a treatment was found to cause considerable structural changes in the cells. Division of the cells was inhibited and they reached giant sizes when grown in media containing 1-2% of acrylamide. The phenomenon might be used for differentiation of living and dead E. coli cells.
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