Selective inhibition of Bacillus subtilis sporulation by acridine orange and promethazine
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Selective inhibition of Bacillus subtilis sporulation by acridine orange and promethazine.
Two structurally similar compounds were found to inhibit sporulation in Bacillus subtilis 168. A dye, acridine orange, and an antischizophrenic drug, promethazine, blocked spore formation at concentrations subinhibitory to vegetative growth, while allowing synthesis of serine protease, antibiotic, and certain catabolite-repressed enzymes. The sporulation process was sensitive to promethazine th...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Bacteriology
سال: 1977
ISSN: 0021-9193,1098-5530
DOI: 10.1128/jb.129.3.1215-1221.1977