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Curran, Harold R. (U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C.) and Georges Knaysi. Survey of fourteen metabolic inhibitors for their effect on endospore germination in Bacillus subtilis. J. Bacteriol. 82:793–797. 1961.—Phase contrast microscopy was used to study the effects of metabolic antagonists upon incipient spore germination in glucose agar-film microcultures. The period of observation was 1 to 2 hr. Of 14 compounds tested, only ethanol in 10% concentration (v/v) caused almost complete inhibition. Oxamic acid and dl-ethionine were slightly stimulatory; 6-methyl thiouracil and octyl aldehyde were without effect. The inhibiting effect of the remainder depended upon the concentration of the antagonist. The stimulating effect of glucose on germination is discussed.
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