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Sporulation was repressed in the parent strain by various carbon sources whereas glucose-resistant mutants were resistant to them but not to glycerol 2-phosphate. Both mycobacillin and dipicolinic acid synthesis were repressed in the parent by some of the compounds tested,viz. glucose, pyruvate and glycerol 2-phosphate. However, these syntheses in the glucoseresistant mutants were not repressed by glucose and pyruvate but were repressed by glycerol 2-phosphate. The possible interrelationship between sporulation, dipicolinic acid and mycobacillin synthesis is discussed in light of these findings.
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Majumdar, S., Basu, S., Das, S.K. et al. Relationship between sporulation and synthesis of mycobacillin and dipicolinic acid under condition of catabolite repression inBacillus subtilis . Folia Microbiol 31, 196–202 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02928000
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