Open AccessAbnormal cellular morphologies of Escherichia coli K12 mutants defective in plasmid segregation
Author(s) -
Derbyshire Paul,
Wood R.Derek,
Mann Nicholas H.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
fems microbiology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.899
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1574-6968
pISSN - 0378-1097
DOI - 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1987.tb02070.x
Subject(s) - plasmid , escherichia coli , filamentation , chemostat , mutant , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , bacteria , genetics , gene , laser , physics , optics
A collection of mutants of Escherichia coli K12 which had been isolated during phosphate‐limited chemostat culture on the basis of their inability to maintain certain plasmids were studied by scanning electron microscopy and found to exhibit a variety of abnormal cellular morphologies including branching, filamentation, and minicell‐like sphere formation.