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. 1961 Nov;82(5):743-49.
doi: 10.1128/jb.82.5.743-749.1961.

Permeability of bacterial spores. I. Characterization of glucose uptake

S H BLACK, P GERHARDT

Permeability of bacterial spores. I. Characterization of glucose uptake

S H BLACK et al. J Bacteriol. 1961 Nov.

Abstract

Black, S. H. (The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor) and Philipp Gerhardt. Permeability of bacterial spores. I. Characterization of glucose uptake. J. Bacteriol. 82:743-749. 1961.-The total uptake of glucose by masses of clean, dormant spores was measured to assess their permeability. After correction for intercellular space, packed spores of Bacillus cereus strain terminalis were found in 87 determinations to be permeated by glucose to 40% of their weight. The glucose uptake was relatively independent of environmental variables, and thus was concluded to occur principally through a process of passive diffusion.

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