Protein synthesis in Rhodomicrobium vannielii swarmer cells, incubated anaerobically in the dark, is dependent upon a rifampicin‐sensitive step, indicating a dependence upon de novo RNA synthesis. In addition, toluene treatment has shown that the motile, non‐differentiating swarmer cells have the capacity to initiate and sustain RNA synthesis. The major form of the DNA‐dependent RNA polymerase responsible for this RNA synthesis has been identified.
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