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. 1975 Jan;7(1):110–112. doi: 10.1128/aac.7.1.110

Effect of Enrichment Procedure upon Auxotroph Recovery in Escherichia coli K-12

John J Rossi 1, Claire M Berg 1
PMCID: PMC429082  PMID: 1094942

Abstract

Proline-requiring auxotrophs are recovered preferentially after mutant enrichment procedures (e.g., penicillin) which perturb the cell envelope, but not after procedures (e.g., thymineless death) which affect other cellular targets. This probably stems from effects of penicillin and similar antibiotics upon proline metabolic and transport enzymes associated with the cell envelope.

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