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. 1973 Oct;116(1):507–509. doi: 10.1128/jb.116.1.507-509.1973

Wall Synthesis by Pediococcus cerevisiae and by a Substrain That Requires Methicillin for Growth

B J Wilkinson a,1, P J White a
PMCID: PMC246453  PMID: 4745426

Abstract

Pediococcus cerevisiae and P. cerevisiae CRD synthesized peptidoglycan when incubated in a wall synthesis solution inadequate to allow growth.

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