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Inhibition by Streptomycin of Flagella Formation in a True Slime Mold *
Author(s) -
KERR NORMAN S.
Publication year - 1965
Publication title -
the journal of protozoology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.067
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1550-7408
pISSN - 0022-3921
DOI - 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1965.tb01851.x
Subject(s) - streptomycin , flagellum , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , bacteria , antibiotics , genetics
SYNOPSIS. Streptomycin inhibited formation of flagella by myxamoebae of the true slime mold Didymium nigripes. If streptomycin was removed before differentiation was complete, inhibition was removesd proportional to the time streptomycin was in contact with the differentiating mysamoebae. If streptomycin was added 10 min after differentiation began, its inhibitory effect was halved. The early stages of differentiation of flagella were those most sensitive to streptomycin.