Inhibitory effect of penicillin on spore-specific functions in Bacillus polymyxa 2459.
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1979-03
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Abstract
Penicillin at concentrations non-inhibitory to the vegetative growth was
found to inhibit sporulation in Bacillus polymyxa 2459. The effect of penicillin
was shown to be at the level of spore-specific mucopeptide synthesis. Penicillin
had no effect on the early events such as DNA and protein synthesis in sporogenesis
The sensitive period of inhibition was between T0 to T2 hours of sporulation.
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Spore-specific functions, spore-specific mucopeptide, sporulation, Bacillus polymyxa 2459
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Goel Anil K, Jayaraman Kunthala. Inhibitory effect of penicillin on spore-specific functions in Bacillus polymyxa 2459. Journal of Biosciences. 1979 Mar; 1(1): 91-97.