Abstract
The muramic lactam content of spores of Bacillus sphaericus mutants defective in meso-diaminopimelic acid synthesis increases almost linearly with an increase of meso-diaminopimelic acid concentration in the medium. Since muramic lactam content is a measure of cortex content, the amount of cortex in spores of the mutants can be easily varied by changing the meso-diaminopimelic acid concentration in the medium. Characteristic properties were tested in spores containing different amounts of cortex. Critical amounts of cortex were associated with different spore properties. Refractility and dipicolinic acid accumulation in the spores both required about 20% of the maximum cortex content (although refractility is independent of dipicolinic acid content). For xylene octanol resistance, about 25% of the maximum cortex content was required.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Subject
Molecular Biology,Microbiology
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