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. 1987 Nov;169(11):4995–5001. doi: 10.1128/jb.169.11.4995-5001.1987

Effects of intracellular trehalose content on Streptomyces griseus spores.

M J McBride 1, J C Ensign 1
PMCID: PMC213899  PMID: 3117769

Abstract

The disaccharide trehalose is accumulated as a storage product by spores of Streptomyces griseus. Growth on media containing excess glucose yielded spores containing up to 25% of their dry weight as trehalose. Spores containing as little as 1% of their dry weight as trehalose were obtained during growth on media containing a limiting amount of glucose. Spores containing low levels of trehalose accumulated this sugar when incubated with glucose. The increase in trehalose content coincided with increases in spore refractility, heat resistance, desiccation resistance, and the time required for spore germination in complex media. Trehalose is accumulated by a wide variety of actinomycetes and related bacteria and may be partially responsible for their resistance properties.

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