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. 1973 Oct;116(1):373–377. doi: 10.1128/jb.116.1.373-377.1973

Lysis of Escherichia coli by Glycine Is Potentiated by Pyridoxine Starvation

Walter B Dempsey a,1
PMCID: PMC246432  PMID: 4583221

Abstract

Pyridoxineless mutants of Escherichia coli are lysed in a few hours when starved for pyridoxine in a glucose minimal medium containing glycine at 10 mM. The lysis is prevented equally well by l-alanine and by d-alanine when either is present at 0.1 mM. The lysis is potentiated by 0.5 mM l-methionine. The peculiar susceptibility of E. coli B to glycine-mediated lysis during starvation for pyridoxine suggests that the starvation reduces the availability of some normal antagonist of glycine, presumably alanine.

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