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. 1978 May;134(2):680–682. doi: 10.1128/jb.134.2.680-682.1978

Outgrowth and vegetative growth inhibition of Bacillus subtilis spores after transient exposure to polymyxin B.

K Tochikubo
PMCID: PMC222304  PMID: 207673

Abstract

Polymyxin B combined with the resting spores of Bacillus subtilis and inhibited outgrowth and vegetative growth after germination. The antibiotic was released from the resting spores and its inhibitory action was reversed by the addition of di- and trivalent metallic cations.

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