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Science 12 July 1968:
Vol. 161. no. 3837, p. 164
DOI: 10.1126/science.161.3837.164
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Cell Division in Erwinia: Inhibition of Nuclear Body Division in Filaments Grown in Penicillin or Mitomycin C

E. A. Grula 1, Gerald L. Smith 1, and Mary M. Grula 1

1 Department of Microbiology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater 74074

Low concentrations of penicillin or mitomycin C in cultures of Erwinia sp. inhibit cell division. Electron-microscopic analysis of serial sections of these nondividing cells reveals that division of the nuclear body is also inhibited.

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