Rode, L. J. (The University of Texas, Austin), and M. Glenn Williams. Utility of sodium hypochlorite for ultrastructure study of bacterial spore integuments. J. Bacteriol. 92:1772-1778. 1966.-Spores of Bacillus megaterium are partially dissolved by sodium hypochlorite. Spore integuments become visible during the dissolution, and ultrastructural features may be detected. Three distinct integumen...

A bacteriocin produced by Bacillus megaterium ATCC 19213 was identified, purified, and compared with megacin A from B. megaterium 216. The ATCC 19213 bacteriocin was inducible with mitomycin C and showed phospholipase A activity. Both megacin A-216 and megacin A-19213 contained two dissimilar polypeptide subunits. Megacin A-216 contains a 30,000-dalton alpha subunit and a 15,000-dalton beta sub...