title: Double mutants of Bacillus subtilis growing as helices.
abstract: Double mutants of Bacillus subtilis, deficient in autolysin and rod in genotype, grow as helical filaments of unseparated cells when changed from the cocci to rods.
mesh_terms: D000581:Amidohydrolases / Q000096:biosynthesis; D001412:Bacillus subtilis / Q000166:cytology / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development*; D005796:Genes; D009112:Muramic Acids; D009154:Mutation
chemical_list: D009112:Muramic Acids; D000581:Amidohydrolases