Chemical analysis of poly-γ-glutamic acid produced by plasmid-free Bacillus subtilis (natto): Evidence that plasmids are not involved in poly-γ-glutamic acid production

Journal of General and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 139-143

  Nagai, Toshirou ^a,b   Koguchi, Kumiko ^a,c   Itoh, Yoshifumi ^a  

^a NATIONAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c Tochigi Pref Res Inst Environ P   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acridine orange; Bacillus subtilis (natto); D glutamic acid; Nalidixic acid; Plasmid curing; Poly glutamic acid

Indexed keywords

DEXTRO GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; MAGNESIUM ION; POLYGLUTAMIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIUM SUBTILIS;

EID: 0030846303     PISSN: 00221260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2323/jgam.43.139     Document Type: Article

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