Release of Small Molecules During Germination of Spores of Bacillus Species

Overview

Journal J Bacteriol

Publisher American Society for Microbiology

Specialty Microbiology

Date 2008 May 13

PMID 18469112

Citations 18

Authors

Barbara Setlow

Paul G Wahome

Peter Setlow

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Abstract

Free amino acids, dipicolinic acid, and unidentified small molecules were released early in Bacillus spore germination before hydrolysis of the peptidoglycan cortex, but adenine nucleotides and 3-phosphoglycerate were not. These results indicate that early in germination there is a major selective change in the permeability of the spore's inner membrane.

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