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SUBMITTER: Li M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3554781 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Li Mingfeng M Sun Hongxing H Feng Qiong Q Lu Huiming H Zhao Ye Y Zhang Hui H Xu Xin X Jiao Jiandong J Wang Liangyan L Hua Yuejin Y
PloS one 20130124 1
Free extracellular DNA provides nutrition to bacteria and promotes bacterial evolution by inducing excessive mutagenesis of the genome. To understand the influence of extracellular DNA fragments on D. radiodurans, we investigated cell growth and survival after extracellular DNA or dNMPs treatment. The results showed that the extracellular DNA fragments inhibited the growth of D. radiodurans. Interestingly, dGMP, a DNA component, enhanced D. radiodurans tolerance to H(2)O(2) and gamma-radiation s ...[more]