Affiliation:
1. Food Sciences Laboratory, U.S. Army Natick Research and Development Command, Natick, Massachusetts 01760
Abstract
Nitrate or ammonium ions, but not nitrite ion, supplied the nitrogen required for outgrowth of
Bacillus megaterium
QM B1551 spores through the first cell division. This outgrowth was markedly favored by K
+
.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Subject
Molecular Biology,Microbiology
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