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SUMMARY A mutant of Escherichia coli with a decreased growth efficiency has been investigated. The results of growth studies with different substrates and of measurement of P/O ratios in membrane preparations suggest that the strain is defective in the ability to couple synthesis of ATP to electron transport.
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Turnock et al. (1972) studied this question.
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