Evidence that dipicolinic acid is covalently bound to specific macromolecules in spores of Bacillus subtilis
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Role of dipicolinic acid in the germination, stability, and viability of spores of Bacillus subtilis.
Spores of Bacillus subtilis spoVF strains that cannot synthesize dipicolinic acid (DPA) but take it up during sporulation were prepared in medium with various DPA concentrations, and the germination and viability of these spores as well as the DPA content in individual spores were measured. Levels of some other small molecules in DPA-less spores were also measured. These studies have allowed th...
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عنوان ژورنال: FEMS Microbiology Letters
سال: 1993
ISSN: 0378-1097,1574-6968
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1993.tb06166.x