Monovalent cations enable cell wall turnover of the turnover-deficient lyt-15 mutant of Bacillus subtilis

Hon-Yeung CHEUNG, Ernst FREESE*

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Abstract

A lyt-15 mutant reported to be unable to turn over the cell wall exhibited the same rate of wall turnover as the standard strain if the medium contained 0.2 M NaCl, which did not affect growth. Cell wall autolysis was also optimal at 0.2 M NaCl. ©1985, American Society for Microbiology
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1222-1225
JournalJournal of Bacteriology
Volume161
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 1985
Externally publishedYes

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