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Abstract

Heat-injured recovered tellurite resistance in 4 to 5 h when incubated at 33 °C in a non-growth medium containing KHPO/KHPO buffer pH 7·1, glucose and casein hydrolysate. Only 10 % of the damaged population recovered in the absence of K, or glucose, or casein hydrolysate, or in the presence of valinomycin in medium containing 1 m-K. The K content of cells increased two- to threefold on heating and a further three-to sixfold during the first 30 min of subsequent incubation. The Na content decreased simultaneously but Mg concentrations were not affected. Recovery was not affected by adding 1 m-EDTA or 2 m-Mg to the medium but the addition of 1 m-EDTA and 2 m-Mg together reduced recovery to < 20 %. This effect was reversed by adding 2 m-Ca.

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