PMID- 4553001 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19720620 LR - 20210526 IS - 0021-9193 (Print) IS - 1098-5530 (Electronic) IS - 0021-9193 (Linking) VI - 110 IP - 1 DP - 1972 Apr TI - Effects of acridine orange on the growth of Escherichia coli. PG - 439-41 AB - Exposure of Escherichia coli to critical acridine orange (AO) concentrations did not result in loss of viability. However, the deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) of cells exposed to such agents was rapidly degraded and repolymerized. On the other hand, a bacterium deficient in DNA repair (pol A(1) (-), lacking DNA polymerase) was sensitive to the action of AO. The DNA of such cells was also degraded but it was not repaired. FAU - Southwick, F S AU - Southwick FS FAU - Carr, H S AU - Carr HS FAU - Carden, G A 3rd AU - Carden GA 3rd FAU - D'Alisa, R M AU - D'Alisa RM FAU - Rosenkranz, H S AU - Rosenkranz HS LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - United States TA - J Bacteriol JT - Journal of bacteriology JID - 2985120R RN - 0 (Acridines) RN - 0 (Carbon Isotopes) RN - 0 (DNA, Bacterial) RN - EC 2.7.7.- (DNA Nucleotidyltransferases) RN - VC2W18DGKR (Thymidine) SB - IM MH - Acridines/*pharmacology MH - Carbon Isotopes MH - Centrifugation, Density Gradient MH - DNA Nucleotidyltransferases MH - DNA Repair MH - DNA, Bacterial/isolation & purification/metabolism MH - Escherichia coli/*drug effects/growth & development/metabolism MH - Genetics, Microbial MH - Kinetics MH - Mutation MH - Thymidine/metabolism PMC - PMC247425 EDAT- 1972/04/01 00:00 MHDA- 1972/04/01 00:01 PMCR- 1972/04/01 CRDT- 1972/04/01 00:00 PHST- 1972/04/01 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1972/04/01 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1972/04/01 00:00 [entrez] PHST- 1972/04/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1128/jb.110.1.439-441.1972 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Bacteriol. 1972 Apr;110(1):439-41. doi: 10.1128/jb.110.1.439-441.1972.