Repair of heat injury in thymine auxotrophs of Escherichia coli.
Heat-induced damage in four strains of bacteria has been studied. It has been shown that the damage is repairable on incubation at 37 degrees C in a medium not supporting growth. The extent of repair is dependent upon the strain of bacterium chosen. Recovery from the damage is prominent in the case of filament-forming bacteria, and in non-filament formers, recovery is not totally absent.
D001120:Arginine / Q000378:metabolism; D003470:Culture Media; D004260:DNA Repair; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000378:metabolism*; D006358:Hot Temperature; D009154:Mutation; D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D013045:Species Specificity; D013941:Thymine / Q000378:metabolism*; D014498:Uracil / Q000378:metabolism
D003470:Culture Media; D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D014498:Uracil; D001120:Arginine; D013941:Thymine