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. 1985 Mar;161(3):1222–1225. doi: 10.1128/jb.161.3.1222-1225.1985

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

H Y Cheung, E Freese
PMCID: PMC215031  PMID: 3918987

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.

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