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Mutability of Stored Spores of Bacillus subtilis

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THE problem of accumulation of mutations in dormant organisms is of considerable theoretical and practical interest (for a recent review, see ref. 1).

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  1. H. H. EICHHORN

    Present address: Microbial Process Laboratory, Chas. Pfizer and Co., Inc., Groton, Connecticut

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  1. Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, California, 90024

    S. ZAMENHOF, H. H. EICHHORN & D. ROSENBAUM-OLIVER

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ZAMENHOF, S., EICHHORN, H. & ROSENBAUM-OLIVER, D. Mutability of Stored Spores of Bacillus subtilis. Nature 220, 818–819 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/220818a0

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