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. 1981 Aug;147(2):702–704. doi: 10.1128/jb.147.2.702-704.1981

Streptomycin Resistance (rpsL) Produces an Absolute Requirement for Polyamines for Growth of an Escherichia coli Strain Unable to Synthesize Putrescine and Spermidine [Δ(speA-speB) ΔspecC]

Herbert Tabor 1, Celia White Tabor 1, Murray S Cohn 1, Edmund W Hafner 1
PMCID: PMC216097  PMID: 7021537

Abstract

The presence of certain rpsL (strA) mutations in a strain of Escherichia coli that cannot synthesize putrescine or spermidine because of deletions in ornithine decarboxylase, arginine decarboxylase, and agmatine ureohydrolase, converts a partial requirement for polyamines for growth into an absolute requirement.

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