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SUMMARY: The magnesium and RNA contents of , growth-limited by Mg, K, NH+ or carbon source, in defined media at 35° increased with growth rate. The results support the view that the amounts of these constituents are functions of the growth rate and are inter-dependent. Up to 26% of the total Mg of bacteria freshly harvested from cultures containing excess magnesium was loosely bound to the bacterial surface; this adsorbed Mg was removed by washing with 0·85% (w/v) NaCl but was unaffected by distilled water. Mg-limited bacteria had no surface-adsorbed magnesium. Surface-adsorbed Mg stimulated polysaccharide synthesis, and affected the response of bacteria in saline buffer to stresses including starvation, heat-accelerated and substrate-accelerated death, and cold shock.

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