Abstract
Adaptations of microorganisms to particular environmental stresses have been frequently observed and may be initiated by a variety of causative factors. If the stress imparts a selective advantage to variants in the culture, or if it induces an increased frequency of mutations to forms with a selective advantage, the original strain may vanish with time and be replaced by a strain better adapted to the changed environmental conditions. It is an example of such a stress and response that I intend to consider.
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Shefner, A.M. (1960). Adaptation of Microorganisms to Radiation. In: Developments in Industrial Microbiology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-5073-4_5
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