Abstract
NUMEROUS methods of inducing long forms in aerobic and anaerobic bacteria have now been described1,2. One of the standard techniques of maintaining these forms is to grow the organisms beneath an agar block, that is, under microaerophilic conditions.
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HOLMAN, R. Development of the Long Forms of Bacteria. Nature 178, 424–425 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1038/178424b0
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