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Studies on the Bacterial Spore Coat
Author(s) -
Nishihara Tsutomu,
Tomita Masafumi,
Yamanaka Noriyasu,
Ichikawa Tomio,
Kondo Masaomi
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
microbiology and immunology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.664
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1348-0421
pISSN - 0385-5600
DOI - 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1980.tb00568.x
Subject(s) - bacillus megaterium , spore , biology , size exclusion chromatography , molecular mass , coat , incubation , biochemistry , sugar , bacillus (shape) , bacteria , microbiology and biotechnology , food science , enzyme , paleontology , genetics
Properties of alkali‐soluble components from the spore coat of Bacillus megaterium were examined by physicochemical methods. They were composed of acidic polypeptides of various molecular weights with small amounts of phosphorus and sugar. They were allowed to dissociate to unit components by incubation with SDS. The major component was partially purified by gel filtration, and shown to have a mean molecular weight of about 11,000.