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U.V. induction of filamentous forms in growing E. coli B has been described. The speed of growth is decreased after irradiation, and cytoplasmic cleavage is very markedly inhibited. On the other hand, nuclear division appears to continue almost normally as well as synthesis of new cytoplasm. An attempt has been made to use this phenomenon as a test for the study of reactivation by physical and chemical agents. Visible light is a very good reactivating agent; ATP and hydrosulfite appear to have a slight reactivating capacity the intensity of which awaits observations of a more quantitative nature.
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