Bacterial cell death- as programmed?  Sat Feb 11 11:32:09 EST
1995  It is difficult to understand your question, but I would
return by asking you two questions: 1.  How could you tell that
an individual bacterium has died?  2.  Why would you assume that
this death might be programmed?  It strikes me that, for an
organism 1-10 um in size, any weakness in its energetics would
condemn it to death by osmotic lysis or protein precipitation
owing to loss of control of intracellular pH. Richard A.
Lockshin/Dept. Biol. Sci. St. John's U. 8000 Utopia Pkwy Jamaica
NY 11439 USA/Phone 718: 990-1854/ Fax 718: 380-8543 In article
<01HMSZGEJ1MG0009BX at> AKIM at ARSERRC.GOV writes: >I am
reposting this message before posting results of last message.
>I am interested in the bacterial cell death (as a single cell
rather >than poupilation of bacteria).  Many scientists fucuss
on the fact of >total population response at stationary phase
(such as induction of >stationary phase related gene
production).  Cell death at stationary