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Monovalent cations enable cell wall turnover of the turnover-deficient lyt-15 mutant of Bacillus subtilis.

Journal of bacteriology ·Vol. 161 ·No. 3 ·1985-03-00 ·Pages 1222-5

Cheung HY, Freese E

Abstract

A lyt-15 mutant reported to be unable to turn over the cell wall exhibited the same rate of wall turnover as the standard strain if the medium contained 0.2 M NaCl, which did not affect growth. Cell wall autolysis was also optimal at 0.2 M NaCl.

MeSH Terms
Autolysis Bacillus subtilis/drug effects,genetics,metabolism Cell Wall/metabolism Mutation Sodium Chloride/pharmacology
Chemicals
Sodium Chloride
Authors & Affiliations
2 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Cheung H Y
Freese E
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Article Info
Journal
Journal of bacteriology
Abbr.
J Bacteriol
ISSN
0021-9193
DOI
10.1128/jb.161.3.1222-1225.1985
Published
1985-03-00
Pages
1222-5
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
2985120R
PMCID
PMC215031
Subset
IM
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/jb.161.3.1222-1225.1985 PMC Full Text View journal details
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