The effect of sodium hydroxide or dithiothreitol-urea on spores of germination mutants of Clostridium bifermentans.
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Wax, Freese & Cashel (1967), Vary & Kornberg (1970), Dring & Gould (1971) and Foerster (I 972) have isolated mutants of Bacillus which germinate more slowly than the wild type. We have isolated slow germination mutants from an anaerobe, Clostridium bifermentans, and have shown that treatment with sodium hydroxide will increase their germination rates over Iooo-fold to rates similar to those of the parent (Wyatt & Waites, 1971). Dithiothreitol-urea, like sodium hydroxide, removes protein from spore coats (Aronson & FitzJames, 1971 ; Waites, Wyatt & Arthur, 1972). We report the effect of sodium hydroxide or dithiothreitolkea on these mutants.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of general microbiology
دوره 84 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1974