During experiments in which chloramphenicol was used as an inhibitor of protein synthesis in dark-grown resting cells of Euglena gracilis var. bacillaris exposed to light to induce chloroplast development, we observed a progressive recovery of the cells from CM4 inhibition. Here, we provide evidence that the nitro group of CM is reduced to an amine through the action of
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