Different colonial variants of Streptococcus mutans were studied. Rough variants were induced frequently from an original mucoid-type strain in cultures to which ethidium bromide was added. Rough variants had less insoluble dextran like polysaccharides than the original mucoid strain. Mitomycin C caused cell lysis in mucoid cells but not in rough cells.
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