The Sporulation and Germination of a Strain of Bacillus megatherium

Joan F. Powell

doi:10.1099/00221287-5-5-993

The Sporulation and Germination of a Strain of Bacillus megatherium

Joan F. Powell
First Published: 01 December 1951 https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-5-5-993

Abstract

SUMMARY: A strain of Bacillus megathcrium has been isolated which requires glucose specifically for optimal spore germination. Cyanide, fluoride, iodoacetate, citrate, oxalate, azide, and 2:4-dinitrophenol were ineffective as inhibitors of germination in glucose, while 8-hydroxyquinoline inhibited completely at 10 mm. The inhibitory effect of glucose on sporulation of the organism in liquid and solid media is described.

Received: 19/04/1951
Published Online: 01/12/1951

Article metrics loading...

/content/journal/micro/10.1099/00221287-5-5-993

1951-12-01

2020-10-19

Full text loading...

http://instance.metastore.ingenta.com/content/journal/micro/10.1099/00221287-5-5-993

Most cited this month Most Cited RSS feed

- Generic Assignments, Strain Histories and Properties of Pure Cultures of Cyanobacteria
  
  Rosmarie Rippka, Josette Deruelles, John B. Waterbury, Michael Herdman and Roger Y. Stanier
- Clustered regularly interspaced short palindrome repeats (CRISPRs) have spacers of extrachromosomal origin
  
  Alexander Bolotin, Benoit Quinquis, Alexei Sorokin and S. Dusko Ehrlich
- Quantification of biofilm structures by the novel computer program comstat
  
  Arne Heydorn, Alex Toftgaard Nielsen, Morten Hentzer, Claus Sternberg, Michael Givskov, Bjarne Kjær Ersbøll and Søren Molin
- Metals, minerals and microbes: geomicrobiology and bioremediation
  
  Geoffrey Michael Gadd
- Distribution of Menaquinones in Actinomycetes and Corynebacteria
  
  M. D. COLLINS, T. PIROUZ, M. GOODFELLOW and D. E. MINNIKIN
- Long-term impacts of antibiotic exposure on the human intestinal microbiota
  
  Cecilia Jernberg, Sonja Löfmark, Charlotta Edlund and Janet K. Jansson
- Biofilm exopolysaccharides: a strong and sticky framework
  
  Ian W. Sutherland
- Protective activity of glycolipid antigen against infection by Leptospira interrogans serovar canicola
  
  Masuzawa Masuzawa, T. Matsumoto, R. Nakamura, R. Suzuki, T. Shimizu and Y. Yanagihara
- The ecology, epidemiology and virulence of Enterococcus
  
  Katie Fisher and Carol Phillips
- CRISPR elements in Yersinia pestis acquire new repeats by preferential uptake of bacteriophage DNA, and provide additional tools for evolutionary studies
  
  C. Pourcel, G. Salvignol and G. Vergnaud
More Less

Microbiology

Volume 5, Issue 5

Research Article

Free

The Sporulation and Germination of a Strain of Bacillus megatherium

Abstract

Most read this month

Most cited this month Most Cited RSS feed

Generic Assignments, Strain Histories and Properties of Pure Cultures of Cyanobacteria

Clustered regularly interspaced short palindrome repeats (CRISPRs) have spacers of extrachromosomal origin

Quantification of biofilm structures by the novel computer program comstat

Metals, minerals and microbes: geomicrobiology and bioremediation

Distribution of Menaquinones in Actinomycetes and Corynebacteria

Long-term impacts of antibiotic exposure on the human intestinal microbiota

Biofilm exopolysaccharides: a strong and sticky framework

Protective activity of glycolipid antigen against infection by Leptospira interrogans serovar canicola

The ecology, epidemiology and virulence of Enterococcus

CRISPR elements in Yersinia pestis acquire new repeats by preferential uptake of bacteriophage DNA, and provide additional tools for evolutionary studies