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The relationship between sporulation and solvent production in clostridium acetobutylicum P262

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Single and multiple Clostridium acetobutylicum P262 sporulation, clostridial stage, granulose, capsule and solvent producing mutants were isolated. Although common regulatory components were involved in the regulation of these events, each individual pathway was able to function independently of each other. Inhibitors of DNA replication inhibited spore formation but did not affect solvent, clostridial stage, granulose and capsule production.

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    Susan Long, David T. Jones & David R. Woods

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Long, S., Jones, D.T. & Woods, D.R. The relationship between sporulation and solvent production in clostridium acetobutylicum P262. Biotechnol Lett 6, 529–534 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00139997

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